From a Yahoo! Reuters article, Pssst...Where the devil is the exorcist convention? :
Pssst...Where the devil is the exorcist convention? By Philip PullellaVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Orthodontists have national conventions, as do lawyers and computer salespeople. So why not exorcists? At the end of his weekly general audience Wednesday Pope Benedict greeted Italian exorcists who, he disclosed, are currently holding their national convention.
[…] Problem was that until the Pope spoke few people outside the inner circle knew that a convention of Beelzebub-busters was going on, presumably in Rome. [/] And where were they holding it? In a church, a hotel, a graveyard? [/] "They try to keep these things quiet," said a Catholic professor who has dealings with exorcists.
The Roman Catholic Church has shown growing interest in exorcism in Italy. [/] In 1999, the Vatican issued its first updated ritual for exorcism since 1614 and warned that the devil is still at work. […]
Of particular interest in this forum may be the form in which the demon is commanded to leave the possessed. I intend to start a poll on agreement or various disagreements with this official formula.
It ends with an "imperative formula" in which the devil is ordered to leave the possessed.The formula begins: "I order you, Satan..." It goes on to denounce Satan as "prince of the world" and "enemy of human salvation." It ends: "Go back, Satan."
