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The Priest, Exorcist, and Celebrity: Has Curiosity Brought Out the Best in Spiritual Healing or Gotten the Best of Us?

The Priest, Exorcist, and Celebrity: Has Curiosity Brought Out the Best in Spiritual Healing or Gotten the Best of Us?

Priests who perform exorcisms now command audiences in the millions, and Church leaders are openly debating whether that visibility serves the faithful or distorts the ministry. The more precise question is epistemological: what kind of knowing does an audience acquire when spectacle substitutes for formation? The Catholic tradition answers that question with tools sharper than media policy.

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