Rev. Gabriele Amorth, a prominent Roman Catholic exorcist, has died
after a long illness, an Italian care facility said Saturday. He was 91.
Santa Lucia Foundation, a Rome rehabilitation center, said Saturday
that Amorth died a day earlier in another Rome hospital where he was
recently transferred after his health worsened. Foundation officials
said he had suffered from various respiratory and circulatory problems.
Exorcism in the Catholic Church received more attention after Pope
John Paul II repeatedly sought to convince skeptics the devil was very
much active in the world. During his papacy, the Vatican issued
guidelines for driving out devils and stressed the power of evil.
Amorth, who began serving as an exorcist for the Rome diocese in
1986, published several books exploring the theme of good and evil.
The books include "Get Behind Me, Satan!," ''Stronger Than Evil," and
"God More Handsome Than Evil," which is described by his publishing
house as his "spiritual testament."
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