People all over the world have fears of all kinds and that to for various reasons. Some people fear their enemies, some their health conditions and some even a fear of animals etc. But it’s certain that most people would accept the fear of ghosts, black magic etc. People would even go to any extent to remove evil spirits.
News about a priest performing exorcism on entire village had made people around the world sit up and take notice. This recently happened in Italy, where a priest performed Exorcism from helicopter on entire town that was on moral and social decline.
In Castellamare di Stabia, a coastal Italy town, many churches were robbed and being degraded. The worshippers had organised this exorcism to drive out the evil spirits. To clean the town and nearby areas, air benediction (Blessings) was carried out. The people who lived in these areas pointed out certain things that showed the presence of devil spirits. Though the town was rattled by violence for long, examples such as graves degradation, upside down crosses, thefts in churches, Madonna’s thrown of cliffs indicated something more threatening or menacing had existed .
On July 9th 2015, the ritual was carried out by the priest which involved sprinkling of holy water from the helicopter. This news was known to the outside world only
This seaside town in Italy was full of problems. Thermal baths were close due to bankruptcy; cable car was shut down from functioning. Other issues like high percentage of crimes, the local harbour was polluted, also created lot of anguish for the people in those areas. People were left with no other idea to help themselves out of these troubles and finally resorted to the exorcism by the
Though it is still not clear whether the exorcism performed had the much needed effect on the place and on the people. The town, with around 65,000 people, hoped and prayed that the benediction would make their social, economic fortunes better in the future. In the conference for International Association for Exorcists, IAE, held in Rome in October 2014, Dr Valter Cascioli spoke about the occult activity that rose in the recent times . Dr Cascioli was also of the view that, reduced faith among the individuals was major factor for the increase of demonic activities. He further added that, many countries stressed on the needs to have more exorcists.
