Catholic Exorcists report an increasing interest in exorcism
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/catholic-exorcisms-on-the-rise/573943/
- Catholic exorcism protocol attempts to rule out possibility of psychiatric disorders as well as the less-serious condition of “demonic oppression” before diagnosing “demonic possession” and performing exorcisms.
- Most cases turn out to be something other than demonic possession (but a handful do not).
- Even some in the psychiatric community acknowledge cases that seem to have no “natural” explanation.