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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever?

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To: Zoltan! who wrote (10612)1/26/1999 8:41:00 PM
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Vatican Updates Rules for Exorcisms

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican issued new guidelines Tuesday for driving out devils, urging exorcists not to mistake psychiatric illness for diabolic possession -- but also stressing the power of evil.

The new exorcism rite, in Latin and contained in a red, leather-bound, 84-page book, also reflects Pope John Paul II's efforts to convince the skeptical that the devil is very much in the world.

''The existence of the devil isn't an opinion, something to take or leave as you wish,'' said Cardinal Jorge Medina Estevez, a Vatican official who presented the revisions. ''Anyone who says he doesn't exist wouldn't have the fullness of the Catholic faith.''

John Paul has denounced the devil in a series of recent homilies as a ''cosmic liar and murderer.''

In today's world, the cardinal said, the devil's force comes through widespread acceptance of ''lies and deceit ... the idolatry of money ... the idolatry of sex.''

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