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"On March 10 2010, the chief exorcist of the Vatican, the Rev. Gabriele Amorth (who has held this demanding post for 25 years), was quoted as saying that
"The Devil is at work inside the Vatican," and that
"when one speaks of 'the smoke of Satan' in the holy rooms, it is all true."
"The devil is not everywhere," he says. "But when he is present it is painful." He says he has treated over 70,000 cases of demonic possession.
"The devil is pure spirit, invincible. He is shown with the painful blasphemies coming from the person which he possesses. He can stay hidden. He can speaks different languages. He can transform himself," Amorth says.
It can take six or seven of Amorth's assistants to hold down someone possessed. Often, he says, they choke up nails or shards of glass.
"None of this scares me he says," touching a small pouch where he holds the vomited artifacts. "I know that God is using me for this work."
But even the fearless priest becomes still, his voice grave when asked whether the devil can strike inside the Vatican City.
"He has tried already. He did it in 1981 by attacking John Paul II by working with those who armed Ali Agca. And also now with the attack on Christmas Eve night when the crazy woman pushed down Benedict XVI."
His face serious, the many lines on his face clear, Amorth confesses, "The devil resides in the Vatican."
While admitting that it is hard to prove, he says the consequences of the devil's work are evident: Cardinals who don't believe in Jesus, bishops who are linked with the devil.
As early 1972 Pope Paul VI talked about the "Smoke of Satan" that hovered in the Vatican, but it is more recent events like the pedophilia scandal the church is confronted with and the grisly murder by a Swiss guard of his commander and wife that Amorth uses as evidence of the devil's presence.
The toll of his work is clear. He recently collapsed from the seven days a week, 24 hour a day, on call schedule. The table in his office is covered with small bottles of medicines. He says that he relies heavily on lay people to assist him in his efforts.
"I work also on Christmas and Easter, " he sighs.
He has moved offices more than 23 times after fellow priests complained of the screams from his office at all hours of the day and night. Slamming doors, overturning chairs, rolling eyes and vomiting are part of the exorcist's daily routine.
"Some have vomited metal the size of a human finger, others have vomited rose petals," he says.
"More than 90 percent of the cases of people who are possessed come from spells," he says. "People with anger or vendettas seek out magicians to cast spells and they are paid handsomely."
It was clear, said the Rev. Federico Lombardi, that an attempt was being made "to find elements to involve the Holy Father personally in issues of abuse."
He stupidly went on to say that "those efforts have failed." "
Cardinal Ratzinger, who has read the Third Secret, said,
";The Third Secret refers to the dangers to our Faith, and therefore to the life of the Christian and therefore to the life of The World.";
Father Gruner wrote in his book, 'Jesus Tells Us, Make It Known,' ";..as Father Alonso pointed out, it (the Third Secret) refers to the guilt of some of the upper hierarchy, that is bishops and Cardinals, for the state of apostasy within the Church today";
(pg. 4).
Also, Sister Lucy said that if you want to know what the Third Secret contains, read chapters 8 and 13 of the book of Apocalypse in the Bible.
Cardinal Silvio Oddi said, ";The Blessed Virgin was alerting us against the apostasy in the Church"; (Crusader #33, pg. 14).
Sister Lucy said before 1986,
";The punishments predicted in the Third Secret have already begun"; (Fatima Crusader #20, pg. 6). Pope John Paul II allegedly said, when asked about the Third Secret, ";..It should be sufficient for all Christians to know this: If there is a message in which it is written that the oceans will flood whole areas of the earth, and that from one moment to the next, millions of people will perish, truly the publication of such a message is no longer something to be so much desired"; (Crusader #9-10, pg. 8).
Dr. Malachi Martin, a priest and ex-jesuit who apparently has read the Third Secret, confirmed that it is ";..The unprecedented crisis in contemporary Catholicism and the failure of the hierarchy to adequately address it"; (Crusader #54, pg. 94).
Let us continue to pray, especially the daily Rosary, do penance and live good lives as Our Lady of Fatima requested. Please remember us in your prayers, and may God bless you and may our heavenly Mother Mary draw you ever closer to Her Divine Son Jesus.
"Having reached the end of our inquiry, we are able to discern, with near certainty, the essential elements of Our Lady’s final secret: While ‘in Portugal, the dogma of the Faith will always be preserved,’ in many nations, perhaps in almost the entire world, the Faith will be lost. The pastors of the Church will fail gravely in the duties of their office. Through their fault, consecrated souls and the Faithful in great number will let themselves be seduced by pernicious errors spread everywhere. This will be the time of the decisive battle between the Blessed Virgin and the devil. A wave of diabolical disorientation will be hurled over the world. Satan will introduce himself even to the highest summit of the Church. He will blind the minds and harden the hearts of pastors. And God will deliver them to themselves as a chastisement for their refusal to obey the requests of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This will be the great apostasy predicted for the ‘last times’; ‘the False Lamb’ and ‘False Prophet’ will betray the Church to the profit of ‘the Beast,’ according to the prophecy of the Apocalypse."
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