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A strong majority of Americans believe in angels, Heaven, and the power of prayer — more so than the percentage who believe in the devil or hell, a new AP-NORC survey found.

Pope Francis said Sunday that the devil tempts human beings with three “poisons,” namely attachments, distrust, and power, in order to separate us from God.

Pope Francis told members of the Roman Curia Thursday that he and they are in “greater danger than anyone else” because they are besieged by the “well-mannered devil.”

Pope Francis urged vigilance against the snares of the devil Wednesday, especially when he dresses as an angel.

Pope Francis said Sunday that Satan is a spirit of negativity, one who promotes “gossip and idle chatter” to drive people apart.

Pope Francis urged the faithful Friday to beware of the devil because he is astute, and evil is “more seductive” than goodness.

Pope Francis said Thursday that Christians must be on special guard against idolatry, which takes worship away from the true God and gives it to the devil.

Pope Francis warned against “dialogue with the devil” Sunday, urging Christians to find their defense against Satan in the Word of God.

Pope Francis said Sunday that there is something diabolical about violence committed against women.

ROME — Pope Francis urged Christians to take up their cross as Holy Week begins and resist the devil’s snares of discouragement and despair.

The life of a Christian, like the life of Jesus, is a constant struggle against the seductions of Satan, Pope Francis told pilgrims Sunday.

Senior officials from President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign told reporters Tuesday morning that Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden “did a deal with the progressive devil” and embraced far-left policies heading into the general election.

The battle between good and evil is at the heart of the Christian life, Pope Francis told pilgrims Sunday, which means resisting the devil, God’s “quintessential opponent.”

Pope Francis urged Christians Sunday to discern carefully between God’s voice and the devil’s voice in their lives, insisting that Satan “seduces” while God “consoles.”

The devil always goes to extremes in his attacks on Christians, Pope Francis said Wednesday, either through the soft-sell of worldly glory and comfort or the violence of enraged persecution.

Pope Francis turned back to one of his favorite topics—the devil—Sunday, urging his hearers never to enter into dialogue with Satan.

An Italian exorcist has denounced a steady rise in demonic activity as more and more young people abandon traditional spirituality and dabble in the occult.

The International Association of Exorcists (AIE) has issued a statement warning parents of the dangers of a 2019 children’s book that gives instructions on how to summon up demons.

Lionsgate has agreed to co-produce The Devil’s Light, a supernatural thriller featuring a young American nun with a gift for casting out demons in the male-dominated world of exorcisms.

The superior general of the Jesuits declared this week that Satan is not a real person but a symbol of evil acting in the world, sparking a sharp rebuke from the world’s exorcists.

Comedian and actor D.L. Hughley said President Donald Trump’s supporters are morally inferior to devil worshippers, asserting that “you could worship the devil and be a better human being” than a Trump supporter during Tuesday’s episode of The D.L. Hughley Show.

“There is an evil in our life, which is an indisputable presence,” Pope Francis told pilgrims Wednesday as he continued his reflections on the Lord’s Prayer.

Would-be expellers of demons have flocked to Rome in droves this week for a course on “exorcism and deliverance prayer,” an interdisciplinary program aimed at battling Satanic forces.

Pope Francis told a group of young people Sunday that the devil is not a fairy tale but truly exists, and that he is their “biggest enemy.”

Those who spend their time accusing the Church show themselves to be friends and family of the devil, Pope Francis said Wednesday.

Catholic clergy are facing a “mushrooming demand for exorcisms” in the last few decades, a new report declares, whose effects can be felt worldwide.

The exorcist for the Diocese of San Jose, California, said that an upcoming gathering of witches to place a hex on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is a “demonic” act and shows that people in the Satanic world are becoming bolder.

The devil’s mission is always to destroy, Pope Francis said Friday, but his worst assaults are not frontal attacks, but subtle, “well-mannered” persuasion.

Pope Francis has called upon all Catholics to pray the rosary and the prayer to Saint Michael the archangel every day during the month of October to protect the church from the devil.

Only to the extent that a person is able to say “no” to the devil can he say “yes” to Christ, Pope Francis told pilgrims in his weekly audience on Wednesday.

Pope Francis, during an address on Wednesday that he packed with references to spiritual warfare, urged Christians to combat the devil and all the forces of evil.

Students learning to cast out demons were told to expect Muslims among their future clients at a week-long course on exorcism in Rome this week.

Hundreds of students, mostly Catholic priests, have arrived in Rome to attend an annual Vatican course on exorcism, the ancient practice of casting out demons.

A Catholic priest who has been performing exorcisms for ten years says that demand for exorcists is on the rise as more and more pastors become convinced that the devil is real and needs to be fought.

The “malign power” of Satan is always in our midst, Pope Francis has asserted in a new teaching letter, and “poisons us with the venom of hatred, desolation, envy and vice.”

In reaction to reports that Pope Francis has denied the existence of hell, the Vatican has released a carefully worded statement that does not refute the substance of the claims.