article_snippet.sent: The Vatican are training up ordinary doctors, teachers and psychologists to cope with a rising tide of demonic possessions.
article_snippet.sent: More than 40 years after The Exorcist left cinema audiences green, The Vatican has gathered a team of experts including practising exorcists to give ordinary Catholics the tools needed to recognise a case of demonic possession when Catholics see one – and teach Catholics what to do about it.
article_snippet.sent: ‘Exorcism and Prayer of Liberation,’ sponsored by the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy, the department responsible for overseeing matters regarding priests, began this morning at Rome’s Regina Apostolorum University.
article_snippet.sent: More than 40 years after The Exorcist (pictured) left cinema audiences green, The Vatican are training up ordinary doctors, teachers and psychologists to cope with a rising tide of demonic possessions .
article_snippet.sent: One of the main purposes of the course is help would-be exorcists distinguish demonic possession from psychological or medical conditions, organisers said.
article_snippet.sent: In 2013 Francis appeared to perform an exorcism on a young man in a wheelchair who shook violently when the pope laid Francis hands on Francis and said a blessing.
article_snippet.sent: Francis has frequently expressed the belief that the devil really exists and is not merely ‘a myth, a figure, an idea, the idea of evil.
article_snippet.sent: Experts say demonic activity is on the rise due to an in creased interest in the occult among the young including ouija boards and seances.
article_snippet.sent: Last year the International Association of Exorcists claimed the International Association of Exorcists was ‘a pastoral emergency.
article_snippet.sent: In 2013, Francispictured( appeared to perform an exorcism on a young man in a wheelchair .
article_snippet.sent: The Vatican tried to introduce Holyween, where children would dress up as saints and attend prayer vigils instead of Halloween.
article_snippet.sent: Living in an increasingly secularised society than in the past there is more tendency to open the door to the occult.
article_snippet.sent: Demonic activity is increased by the practice of magic and visiting fortune tellers which can increase the likelihood of a possession’.
highlights_snippet.sent: The Exorcist film left cinema audiences green more than 40 years ago .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Experts are teaching ordinary Catholics how to recognise possession .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Course aims to help would-be exorcists distinguish demonic possession from psychological or medical conditions .