Están locos estos Americanos

Esta noticia no es de EEUU, pero me ha parecido suficientemente graciosa, así que la pongo en el blog.

Según el padre Gabriele Amorth, "Exorcista Jefe" de Benedicto XII, parece ser que:

1. Hitler y Stalin estaban poseídos por el demonio
2. El Papa Pío XII intentó un "exorcismo a distancia" para sacarles el demonio del cuerpo
3. Parece ser que los exorcismos a distancia no acaban de funcionar bien del todo
   

Según la noticia:

Father Gabriele Amorth who is Pope Benedict XVI's 'caster out of demons' made his comments during an interview with Vatican Radio.

Father Amorth said: "Of course the Devil exists and he can not only possess a single person but also groups and entire populations.

"I am convinced that the Nazis were all possessed. All you have to do is think about what Hitler - and Stalin did. Almost certainly they were possessed by the Devil.

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According to secret Vatican documents recently released wartime pontiff Pope Pius XII attempted a "long distance" exorcism of Hitler which failed to have any effect.

Cuando Pío XII comprobó que el exorcismo no tenía mucho efecto en la conducta de Hitler, no se le ocurrió pensar que a lo mejor el Demonio no estaba relacionado con todo esto.

No, la explicación era claramente otra:

Father Amorth said: "It's very rare that praying and attempting to carry out an exorcism from distance works.

"Of course you can pray for someone from a distance but in this case it would not have any effect.

"One of the key requirements for an exorcism is to be present in front of the possessed person and that person also has to be consenting and willing.

"Therefore trying to carry out an exorcism on someone who is not present, or consenting and willing would prove very difficult.

El padre Amorth también opina sobre literatura, en concreto sobre las influencias demoníacas de los libros de Harry Potter:

In the past Father Amorth has also spoken out against the Harry Potter books, claiming that reading the novels of the teen wizard open children's minds to dabbling with the occult and black magic.

Father Amorth, who is president of the International Association of Exorcists, said of the JK Rowling books:"Behind Harry Potter hides the signature of the king of the darkness, the devil."

He said that Rowling's books contain innumerable positive references to magic, "the satanic art" and added the books attempt to make a false distinction between black and white magic, when in fact, the distinction "does not exist, because magic is always a turn to the devil."

Y no olvidemos que este señor es un autentico experto en estos temas:

Father Amorth is said to have carried out more than 30,000 exorcisms in his career and his favourite film is, according to Italian newspapers The Exorcist.