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45 years later, “The Exorcist” retains its ability to shock

December 3, 2018 Titus Techera 6

William Friedkin’s The Exorcist is the most famous horror movie that is also explicitly Catholic. The film, which turned 45 this year, was written by William Peter Blatty from his own novel—he won the Oscar […]

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“The devil always leaves us in the lurch”

April 5, 2018 Dr. Kelly Scott Franklin 7

Orestes Brownson’s strange book, Like a Roaring Lion, has something fascinating about it, as he picks apart the grave errors that render men vulnerable to the […]

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London exorcist: “All of society is subject to a demonic deception”

October 31, 2017 K. V. Turley 26

Combating the devil isn’t a practice reserved for exceptional cases, says exorcist Father Jeremy Davies. It’s an on-going struggle in which every soul is engaged. […]

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