Is there an exorcist in the house?In a Panic over Satanism's apparent rise in Italy, Bishop Domenico Crusco of San Marco Argentano-Scalea released a statement saying Satanic ritual is "an ever more widespread and worrying phenomenon; we are all invited to a concrete commitment against the expansion of initiatives that refer to the world of the occult." He thus set up a diocesan commission to study and prevent the spread of Satan worship. The commission was instructed to "carry out an appropriate sensitization sensitization /sen·si·ti·za·tion/ (sen?si-ti-za´shun) 1. administration of an antigen to induce a primary immune response. 2. exposure to allergen that results in the development of hypersensitivity. in parishes ... avoiding counterproductive coun·ter·pro·duc·tive adj. Tending to hinder rather than serve one's purpose: "Violation of the court order would be counterproductive" Philip H. Lee. fears and psychosis psychosis (sīkō`sĭs), in psychiatry, a broad category of mental disorder encompassing the most serious emotional disturbances, often rendering the individual incapable of staying in contact with reality. and useless alarmism a·larm·ist n. A person who needlessly alarms or attempts to alarm others, as by inventing or spreading false or exaggerated rumors of impending danger or catastrophe. ." See "Verbatim" on page 10 for more on this trend. |
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