What do you mean by “core business”? The morality of HP is not doctrine of the church, and it not addressed specifically anywhere in Church teaching, period. However, the occult is, and does warrant a moral position. Prohibitions against the occult are very much “core business” despite the utter and complete downplaying of the significance (or existance) of the devil in recent times. Any debates about the harm/harmlessness of HP should center on the existence/lack of occult elements in it; any moral view of the book follows logically from this.
I prefer other exorcists like Fr. Esseff, who seems more well balanced and was spiritually advised by Padre Pio.
There are many other priests who disagree with his opinions on things that aren’t matters of Church teaching.
Exactly. And apparently the debate couldn’t be “resolved” or “settled” resulting in divided opinions. There are worst things the church hasn’t addressed “by name”.
Thanks for the reference, I had never heard of him.
Is he an exorcist correctly appointed. And he was he told to move on from a Diocese or two by their bishops
I read our dear and missed Don Ruggero’s posts on the subject and thought a lot about them. It seems the subject currently has much broader implications than first meets the eye, and at that point a layman can let the issue rest.
Well, about half a year ago I thought the same. But after more research (and some dumb posts of mine) latter I was taken to have reevaluate my thoughts on the issue. The occult is nothing to play with or be taken lightly (as the CCC so well states) but I’ve laid the issue to rest and decided to try and focus more along the lines of the recent ‘Gaudete et exsultate’ which does bring more of a joy with it
