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The Pope Exorcist
In the upcoming film “The Pope’s Exorcist,” actor Russell Crowe will play the late Father Gabriele Amorth, the former head exorcist for the Vatican.
Amorth carried out around 100,000 exorcisms until his passing in 2016 at 91. Being the author of several books, including “An Exorcist Tells His Tale,” which served as the basis for the future film, he was the most well-known exorcist in the entire globe. His remarks about demonic entities also frequently made the press.
He claimed, “I converse with the devil every day,” in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph in 2000. The reporter and Amorth converse in Latin throughout the whole interview.
On May 1, 1925, Amorth was born in Modena, Italy. A few years after meeting Blessed James Alberione, the founder of the Congregation of the Society of St. Paul entered the mother's house in August 1947. A priest, Amorth, was ordained on January 24, 1951.
He wasn’t made an exorcist until 1986 by Cardinal Ugo Poletti, the vicar general of the Diocese of Rome.
Amorth frequently discussed the increasing demand for exorcists in a culture devoid of religious belief.
Because there are so many requests for them today, it is crucial. Amorth stated to the National Catholic Register in 2006 that “many have lost their faith and have replaced it with…
