Some people are simply astonished and wonder if Pope Francis is an exorcist as he cast out devils after Pentecost Sunday’s Mass. During the mass, leaders whispered something to Pope Francis and he went over to two men in wheelchairs and commenced to laying hands on them and praying.
The young man heaved deeply a half-dozen times, shook, then slumped in his wheelchair as Francis prayed over him,” the Associated Press reports.
“The television station of the Italian bishops’ conference reported Monday that it had surveyed exorcists, who agreed there was ‘no doubt’ that Francis either performed an exorcism or a prayer to free the man from the devil.”
The Vatican appeared more cautious, saying in a statement that Francis “didn’t intend to perform any exorcism. But as he often does for the sick or suffering, he simply intended to pray for someone who was suffering who was presented to him.”
“In his very first homily as pope on March 14, Francis warned cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel the day after he was elected that ‘he who doesn’t pray to the Lord prays to the devil,’” the AP report says.
Many Christians are saying “We do this all the time, it’s supposed to be a part of the Christian walk” However it’s apparently something new to the people attending the Sunday mass.
