Spanish exorcist Fr. Jose Antonio Fortea Cucurull stated in an interview in 2010 that though Satan does indeed exist, he does not have “horns, wings or a tail.” The priest recommended that the faithful seek the counsel of a priest if they suspect someone is possessed. Fr. Fortea is a...
Seventy years ago, the only wartime use of nuclear weapons took place in the Aug. 6 attack on Hiroshima and the Aug. 9 attack on Nagasaki by the United States. The Hiroshima attack killed around 80,000 people instantly and may have caused about 130,000 deaths, mostly civilians. Four...
On August 1, the oldest priest in the Diocese of Malaga, Spain turned 100 years old. After a century of life, Father Francisco Acevedo says he still has important work to do. “St. Peter says: ‘Be sober and keep watch, because the devil as a roaring lion walks about, seeking...
The Shroud of Turin has different meanings for many people: some see it as an object of veneration, others a forgery, still others a medieval curiosity. For one Jewish scientist, however, the evidence has led him to see it as a meeting point between science and faith. “The Shroud challenges...
A priest has performed an aerial exorcism of the Italian seaside town of Castellammare di Stabia in response to a spree of church-targeted thefts and vandalism in the area. At the urging of a local prayer group, a priest took to a helicopter to perform a minor exorcism over...
Housed in the Chiesa del Sacro Cuore del Suffragio on the banks of the Tiber River in Rome, the Museo delle anime del Purgatorio, or Museum of the Souls of Purgatory, only takes up one room and has just one glass case with just a dozen items or so. Yet...
