Originally published at Churchpop
In an interview with the magazine “Maria Mensajera,” former Italian exorcist, Father Gabriele Amorth said, “Everybody is vulnerable to the work of Satan” and that “the devil loves to take over those who hold political office.” (Father Amorth died in 2016.)
The Spanish daily “La Razon” published the interview in an article by Alexander Smoltczyk in which the elderly priest describes what happens in an exorcism. He said he performed more than 70,000.
“Evil exists in politics, quite often in fact,” Father Amorth said. “The devil loves to take over business leaders and those who hold political office. Hitler and Stalin were possessed. How do I know? Because they killed millions of people. The Gospel says: ‘By their fruits, you will know them.’ Unfortunately, an exorcism on them would not have been enough, since they were convinced of what they were doing. We can’t say it was a possession in the strict sense of the word, but rather a total and voluntary acceptance of the suggestions of the devil.”
“I tell those who come to see me to first go to a doctor or a psychologist,” the priest continued. “Most of the time there is a physical or psychological basis for explaining their suffering. The
