{"id":4275,"date":"2026-03-26T13:58:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/26\/catholic-exorcists-urge-pope-to-recruit-more-demon-fighters-amid-rise-in-occult-cases\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:58:03","slug":"catholic-exorcists-urge-pope-to-recruit-more-demon-fighters-amid-rise-in-occult-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/26\/catholic-exorcists-urge-pope-to-recruit-more-demon-fighters-amid-rise-in-occult-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic exorcists urge Pope to recruit more \u2018demon\u2011fighters\u2019 amid rise in occult cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-03-26 13:58:01<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Senior Catholic exorcists have appealed to Pope Leo XIV for reinforcements, claiming a global spike in occult and Satanic activity is leaving the Church short\u2011staffed in the demon\u2011fighting department.<BR><br \/>\nMembers of the International Association of Exorcists (AIE) met the Pontiff earlier this month to hand over a report warning of a sharp rise in cases linked to occult practices, Satanism and spiritual experimentation gone wrong. <BR><br \/>\nThe group wants every Catholic diocese worldwide to have at least one properly trained exorcist on standby \u2014 and clearer rules for bishops on when to escalate a case.<BR><br \/>\nAccording to reports from EWTN Vatican and InfoVaticana, the AIE is pushing for better training, stronger guidelines and a more consistent system for identifying when someone needs serious spiritual intervention rather than simple pastoral care.<BR><br \/>\nExorcists say more people are dabbling in \u201cdark\u2011side\u201d practices, often out of curiosity, and some end up in emotional or psychological distress. Father Francesco Bamonte, the AIE\u2019s vice\u2011president, warned that ignoring the trend risks leaving vulnerable people without proper support and may push them toward \u201cinappropriate solutions.\u201d<BR><br \/>\nDuring their meeting with the Pope, the group presented a new handbook titled Guidelines for the Ministry of Exorcism along with an image of Saint Michael the Archangel \u2014 the Church\u2019s iconic spiritual warrior \u2014 from the Monte Sant\u2019Angelo sanctuary. <BR><br \/>\nReports say Pope Leo XIV thanked them for their work and gifted rosaries in return, recalling famed exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth, one of the AIE\u2019s founders.<BR><br \/>\nSceptics, however, argue that many so\u2011called possession cases are better handled by doctors and mental\u2011health professionals, warning that talk of \u201cspiritual warfare\u201d can frighten people who are already vulnerable.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-03-26 13:58:01 Senior Catholic exorcists have appealed to Pope Leo XIV for reinforcements, claiming a global spike in occult and Satanic activity is leaving the Church short\u2011staffed in the demon\u2011fighting&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4276,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4275\/revisions\/4276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}