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Vatican Warns That Internet Promotes Satanism

Hugh Pickens writes "The Telegraph reports that the Roman Catholic Church has warned that the internet has fueled a surge in Satanism that has led to a sharp rise in the demand for exorcists. 'The internet makes it much easier than in the past to find information about Satanism. In just a few minutes you can contact Satanist groups and research occultism,' says Carlo Climati, a member of the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University in Rome who specializes in the dangers posed to young people by Satanism. Organizers of a six-day conference that has brought together more than 60 Catholic clergy as well as doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists, teachers and youth workers, co-sponsored by the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments and the Congregation for Clergy, say the rise of Satanism has been dangerously underestimated in recent years."

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  1. Re:Internet promotes Christianity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That sounds more like Apple, apart from the source code part

    Apple is more like scientology - first class marketing campaign, minimum of choices and very very expensive.

  2. Re:Internet promotes Christianity by Hognoxious · · Score: 5, Funny

    How dare you? The Catholic Church is nothing like Apple! One group follows an infallible leader whose every word is considered gospel.

    The other lot's boss wears a funny hat and lives in Rome.

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."