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31st March 2010, 01:35 PM
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Rome, Italy, Mar 31, 2010 / 11:47 am (CNA).- Noted Italian exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth, commented this week that the recent defamatory reporting on Pope Benedict XVI, especially by the New York Times, was “prompted by the devil.”
Speaking to News Mediaset in Italy, the 85-year-old exorcist noted that the devil is behind “the recent attacks on Pope Benedict XVI regarding some pedophilia cases.” “There is no doubt about it. Because he is a marvelous Pope and worthy successor to John Paul II, it is clear that the devil wants to ‘grab hold’ of him.”
Father Amorth added that in instances of sexual abuse committed by some members of the clergy, the devil “uses” priests in order to cast blame upon the entire Church: “The devil wants the death of the Church because she is the mother of all the saints.”
“He combats the Church through the men of the Church, but he can do nothing to the Church.”
The exorcist went on to note that Satan tempts holy men, “and so we should not be surprised if priests too … fall into temptation. They also live in the world and can fall like men of the world.”
Continued- http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/satan_behind_media_attacks_on_the_pope_asserts_italian_exorcist/
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31st March 2010, 10:49 PM
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31st March 2010, 10:56 PM
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Reps: 1,574,738,335,962,253,824 (power: 1,574,738,335,962,329) | | Originally Posted by judechild  Did the phrase "when you're a hammer (even a very good hammer) everything begins to look like a nail" come to anyone else?
Yes.
But at the same time, there are many ways to look at it. We as a society have become quite desensitized too.
Scripture says Satan roams the earth as a prowling lion seeking who he can devour.
I'm not saying the whole shebang is how he see's it but I'm not discounting it as a factor either.
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31st March 2010, 11:04 PM
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Reps: 2,766,427,049,741,345,280 (power: 2,766,427,049,741,370) | | Originally Posted by judechild Did the phrase "when you're a hammer (even a very good hammer) everything begins to look like a nail" come to anyone else?
I never heard of the phrase before, what does it mean?
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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
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31st March 2010, 11:09 PM
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It means he see's everything as Satan's fault. He's an exorcist.
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31st March 2010, 11:19 PM
| | | | I agree with him entirely. |
31st March 2010, 11:25 PM
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Looking at it from a Christian standpoint & the fall of the human race.
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31st March 2010, 11:42 PM
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31st March 2010, 11:53 PM
| | | Originally Posted by eastcoast_bsc So the excuse is "The Devil made them do it" ? So much for personal responsibility.
What did the devil make the Pope do?
or, What did the devil make the media do in its reporting? |
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I get what you're saying with "when you're a hammer (even a very good hammer) everything begins to look like a nail", but then probably an exorcist understands much more about the devil then we do  | | |
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