"The Rite" opens today, making it the latest film in a long tradition that exploits the inherent freakiness of the religious exorcism. As the centerpiece of a horror flick, exorcism is a can't-lose ...

"You need to be studied in a lab," one commenter replied to a netizen who confessed that mosquitoes are afraid of them. Perhaps other contributors to this thread should be studied too, because they ...

Most people may not know what it’s actually like to be an exorcist. Exorcism came to everyone’s attention with the release of the 1973 film The Exorcist, which was based on the book The Exorcist by ...

In a recent note, the International Association of Exorcists (IAE) offers some important clarifications regarding the practice of exorcism, in light of various errors that have come to affect some ...

DUSHANBE -- Exorcism is a key source of income for Sabohiddin Shodiev, a popular cleric in his rural community on the outskirts of Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. Shodiev -- not his real name -- ...

The Memorial of St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church At sunset, all who had people sick with ...

East Lyme — Approximately 800 people gathered in two buildings at Camp Rell in Niantic today for the funeral of Staff Sgt. Edwin Rivera of Waterford, who died May 25 from injuries sustained during ...

Not since Paul Schrader's ill-starred "Exorcist" entry "Dominion" in 2004 has an exorcism-centric thriller taken itself quite so seriously as "The Ritual." Based on a real-life case, like director ...