Et cetera Guess who's back
packed theaters. What's going on here? Exorcism, of course,...
...status...
...that Barak had gone as far as he could Ehud Barak and the former political ter- Good personal relations and agreement on Jerusalem's status, and that since rorist Yasser Arafat dine at one anoth- at the security level, on the other hand, Arafat wouldn't accept his offer, Arafat er's homes, come out afterward and clap may allow fundamental problems to was responsible for the failure...
...He has had to comISRAEL & THE PALESTINIANS promise, to be "reasonable...
...was inside the girl" because she was "screaming insults in a Amorth claims to have exorcised more than three thousand cavernous voice" in Italian and "unknown languages...
...And they are not from the National tations of the devil is the rule for Catholics...
...Arafat has any doubt about that...
...Or does the need This is all fairly ominous, especially since the 1973 for an exorcist have more to do with the condition of the hit, The Exorcist, was rereleased on September 22 to Chicago Bulls since Michael Jordan's retirement...
...fidence building come first...
...The ments, since addressing them provokes settlement, the White House spin was aim has been to have the ex-general emotional and "irrational" responses...
...Satan is strong enough to possess ten say that the girl displayed "superhuman strength" even thousand people at the same time all over the world...
...He now is politithe Israeli-Palestinian con- the worst in the history of Israeli-Pales- cally weak (a paradoxical incentive to flict has rested on four as- tinian relations...
...should be...
...on Israeli television, shaking hands with try is the most powerful in the region, The first is that people in the end will Ariel Sharon...
...EXORCIST POPE 'CASTS OUT ical origins...
...Arafat is weak, depends on U.S...
...Skepticism about the alleged physical manifesDEMONS' IN THE VATICAN...
...equally true, however, that Arafat had my friend Yasser and my friend Ehud...
...and its support from the United States is be reasonable...
...enemies to act like friends...
...He people over the past fifteen years...
...Vice-presidential candidate be reasonable, the cost of unreasonable- second, is that security steps and con- Joseph Lieberman said after the Demoness will compel them to accept reason...
...He is accountable for the IslamCommonweal 7 October 20, 2000...
...sponOF SEVERAL MIN...
...All four assumptions have proved to gone as far as he could on Jerusalem's This actually happened shortly before be wrong...
...Exorcism, of course, is an ancient church practice...
...Only when cratic convention that his firm public The second is that small steps are best reliable security arrangements exist be- commitment to Israel was no obstacle because they accustom people to change, tween the two sides will they be will- to his election since the United States make it seem less threatening, acquaint ing to move on to the heart of their itself is pro-Israel...
...Is there something going in his twenty-two years as pontiff...
...It was John Paul II's third exorcism to appoint its first full-time exorcist...
...His only Peace process flawed from the start leverage is street violence, and violence may escape his control...
...The Italian newspaper Il Messaggero reports that on Sep- But in the aftermath of the pope's actions, the media have tember 6, the pope performed an impromptu exorcism on a been filled with interviews with busy priest exorcists...
...Then Barak appeared preemptive compromises), but his counsumptions...
...on in Chicago that we don't know about...
...Jesus himself cast out demons...
...Witnesses ists," Amorth says...
...Nor does skepticism turned his attention to the young woman, he prayed over seem reflected in the decision of the Archdiocese of Chicago, her, exorcised her, and stayed with her for half an hour...
...This follows The final assumption is that it is use- When President Bill Clinton's latest from the American practice of person- ful to postpone the essential disagree- Camp David talks failed to produce a alizing international relationships...
...When the pope This hardly sounds like skepticism...
...Even if they don't want to The third assumption, related to the unshakable...
...The devil is real, he expromptly notified the pope's personal secretary...
...EXORCISTS FIGHT passed for demonic possession had psychological or physVATICAN TO KEEP HOLD OF SATAN...
...Neither Barak nor antagonists with one another, and lead disagreement...
...sorship in the peace talks, and must rely WILLIAM PFAFF an the United States to work out a settlement acceptable to the Palestinians and the Arab world...
...Bishop Gian- ther Gabriel Amorth, seventy-four, president of the Interni Danzi, secretary general of Vatican City, "realized who national Association of Exorcists, is frequently quoted...
...Prime Minister Barak has not had to he American approach to the recent outbreak of violence, some of be very reasonable...
...It was one another on the back, talking about solve themselves...
...However, the church, especially Guess Who's Back The headlines: "WE'VE NEVER since Vatican II, has recognized that much of what once BEEN BUSIER, SAYS OFFICIAL CHURCH EXORCIST...
...The though an official exorcism has never been performed there, results were inconclusive...
...Fanineteen-year-old girl in Saint Peter's Square...
...after Vatican staff attempted to subdue her...
...Or at least it Enquirer, but London's Independent, Sunday Times, and Times...
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