A reader writes: “I heard one exorcist say ‘Harry Potter’ is demonic and another says it is not, that it has some good morals. One also said kids got possessed just reading it. How do we know what is just myth or
Although the horror sequel "The Exorcist: Believer" (Universal) gets off to a reasonably promising start, it degenerates quickly. In fact, it ends up being a muddle both dramatically and, more significantly, in its treatment of religion.
Director and co-writer David Gordon Green's take
The Mobile County District Attorney's office is asking the public for information about a young Alabama Catholic priest who was publicly placed under restriction by the Mobile Archdiocese for walking away from his parish and reportedly leaving the country with a recent
A reader asks: “Why did the demons possessing the men among the Gadarenes ask Our Lord Jesus to send them to the nearby swine? Was it because they want to leave on their own terms? If so, why did Jesus allow them
Catholic author Tom Hoopes shares the story of how, throughout his adult years, he had been seeing regular visions of himself committing suicide: “It got so bad that for more 10 years or so I found I could no longer sleep without
Just as Catholics worldwide commemorated Jesus' resurrection and his triumph of good over evil on Easter Sunday, theaters across the United States were preparing for the release April 14 of the latest "supernatural horror thriller" of good versus evil with "The Pope's
A reader asks: “How does a priest become an exorcist? Can he volunteer, or is the selection process personally handled by their bishop?” Monsignor Charles Pope answers:, “If a priest is appointed exorcist, the initiative should be the bishop’s, and the priest
A reader asks for clarity whether people can earn their way into heaven. In his response, Monsignor Charles Pope explains: “We cannot earn salvation. We are saved by the grace of faith working through love. … The central problem with the faith
To rid the site of a toppled statue of St. Junipero Serra of evil, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone performed an exorcism rite outside St. Rafael Mission Church in San Rafael Oct. 17.
Just the saint's feet are left after the statue
Dakota Hulsey was diligently setting up tables in a downtown Portland restaurant Oct. 17.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw 225 people walking in procession behind the Eucharist on busy Northwest Everett Street. Hulsey paused for a moment, went to