A story that should have been home in the Catholic newspaper The Visitor finds place in a supposedly secular newspaper had already made clear his disreputable past. This is reversed rapidly to the Middle Ages. Under the headline "The Exorcist" is featured a huge photo of a Catholic priest whose main contribution to our country is being "the greatest ally of God and the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico for the daily struggle against evil." This is not no small-town priest, but the pastor of San Jose de Villa Caparra Guaynabo, one of the busiest churches in Puerto Rico who describes himself as "Exorcist."
amazing thing is that the pseudo journalist who writes, a certain Rafi Rivera, does not distinguish between what is a matter for those who follow these beliefs and readers who expect a minimum of truth in what they read in newspapers. More amazing still is that newspaper publishers have given the relevance to a cover story.
For sample see the first paragraphs of Article in the words of which he writes, before quoting the "Exorcist"
Beyond what many think, and in the XXI century is the presence of the Devil palpable and confirmed annually among all sectors of the country.
The Devil is among us, so close that this exists in Puerto Rico an official list of 100 people waiting for an exorcism.
in the XXI century, no matter the place, the Devil can make an appearance physics from a school, workplace or in full within the family.
The problem is so real and palpable, which the Archdiocese of San Juan remains active throughout the year his team of Liberation and Healing. Its primary mission is to drive people to the Devil himself, which owns and sometimes takes over places and environmental areas.
I do not understand is the importance of this phenomenon in the Catholic Church as it is not another attempt to compete with fundamentalist churches who emphasize a lot on "the evil one." With that terrorize their faithful and I know there are little children who have nightmares about being exposed to sermons in which instead of talking about the love of Christ that is the recurring fear of the devil. I grew up in the Catholic Church and there was talk of sin but do not remember fear to frighten us with the devil.
Then we wonder why there is so much mental illness in Puerto Rico and why having more churches than almost anywhere else in the world, the country has such a high crime rate, violence, drug and alcohol and many other ills. According to the same church, now it is neither social inequality or poverty or drugs, or the terrible dependency on a huge sector of the population, and rampant corruption (which includes fundamentalist pastors and many churches), or that suffer bad government. Not so. It is the devil. Well, you should start by exorcising the Fortress, the Legislature and many municipalities.
But back to El Vocero, after this news I decided to cancel my subscription today. That's not serious journalism and deserves our condemnation.
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