Whether you are a believer or not, you must know that the church takes technology very seriously, so hundreds of priests gathered at the Vatican this week to learn how to perform exorcisms, including by phone. The main purpose of the seminars is to teach the priests how to perform exorcisms, and those done remotely, by phone, are just one of the working methods in 2018.
The seminars in Rome are also attended by priests who have been practicing this unusual method of exorcism for some time, the idea itself being far from what many people imagine. According to those who do such practices over the phone, the procedure is exactly the same as in the case of performing an exorcism in person, but things are probably not as intense.
It also seems that the number of possessed people is on an alarming increase in recent years, the Catholic Church refusing to provide figures, but since now exorcisms are also done by phone, things are clear. It's hard to say how many priests perform exorcisms over the phone, but a very interesting use for the last generation technologies was found for the church in 2018.
"About 200 aspiring exorcists gathered on Monday for a week-long course in casting out demons - including by cellphone if necessary. "They call me and we speak and that's how I do it," the 89-year-old Simoni told Reuters after his address, explaining how he would read the prayers of exorcism in Latin over the phone just as he would if performing the lengthy rites in person."
To be completely honest, I don't know how many people would have ever imagined that priests could use mobile phones for remote exorcisms, but in such cases it seems that any kind of tool can be used. That being said, I'm very curious to know what you think about the unusual utility that Catholic priests have found for cell phones.
