Exorcist alerts Irish bishops to an alarming increase in evil activity

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From LifeSiteNews:

DUBLIN, Ireland, January 26, 2018

A renowned Irish exorcist called upon his country’s bishops to provide more backup in dealing with an “exponential” surge of evil.

Father Pat Collins wrote an open letter to Church hierarchy in which he also reported seeing a parallel between the increase in evil activity with a growing apostasy within the Church.

“As this has happened,” he wrote, “there has been increasing evidence of the malicious activity of the evil one.”

The Irish priest reported being flooded almost daily with desperate people asking for his help in handling what they believe to be demonic possession and other evil activity.

Father Collins said he was “baffled” the Irish bishops aren’t doing more to designate priests to address the various inquiries, The Irish Catholicreported, which include people declaring supernatural encounters, being pulled from their beds and also out-and-out possession.

Father Collins noted that…

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January 21 – Saint Agnes, Virgin & Martyr

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