Hollywood has spent decades frightening audiences with spinning heads, levitating bodies and priests shouting down demons.But Catholic exorcist Father Carlos Martins says the most terrifying part of alleged demonic possession isn't what the audience can see.
It's what they can't."The thing that Hollywood doesn't pick up well is the demonic mind," Fr.Martins told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview ahead of Halloween, as the third season of "The Exorcist Files" podcast gets underway."It picks up [the devil's] demonic power well, throwing of chairs, the screaming, levitating and so on and so forth.
But his rage, his inner anger, his disgust with humans and God, that it doesn't get well."FATHER CARLOS MARTINS RECOUNTS CHILLING EXORCISM, CLAIMS WOMAN MOVED OBJECTS WITHOUT TOUCHING THEMFr.Martins told "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" that every diocese is required to have at least one exorcist and to become one you have to be asked.
(Fox News)Fr.Martins, who co-hosts the podcast with co-creator Ryan Bethea, described what he believes Hollywood misses about the psychological dimension of alleged demonic encounters, including an incident in which he said a person undergoing an exorcism threatened to bomb a flight he was scheduled to take the following day."Why are you here? You're not supposed to be here.
I'm going to bomb your flight tomorrow," Fr.Martins recalled hearing while assisting another exorcist.The priest said he subsequently changed his flight, not because of the threat, but because the session had been so productive that he offered to remain for additional appointments.When he returned the next day, Fr.
Martins said, the person appeared surprised by his presence.CAN FAITH HELP PATIENTS HEAL? VETERAN DOCTOR REVEALS WHAT HE'S WITNESSED FIRSTHANDCo-host Ryan Bethea credited much of the work of "The Exorcist Files" with strengthening his faith over fear of the devil or demonic entities in an interview with Fox News Digital.(Courtesy Ryan Bethea)"You weren...