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Exorcisms on the rise in France

June 12, 2017

The number of exorcisms performed in France has risen sharply over the past ten years.

“There is a very clear increase,” says Father Emmanuel Coquet, an official of the French bishops’ conference. “Exorcists have been stunned to see the phenomenon take on wider and wider scope.

 

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Thu17 September
Ordinary Time

Thursday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & Doctor; Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin & Doctor; Ember Wednesday

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Today the Church celebrates two Optional Memorials: St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor (1542-1621) was born in Montepulciano, Italy, and died in Rome. The son of noble parents, he entered the Society of Jesus, finishing his theological studies at Louvain, Belgium. His services to the Church…

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