{"id":102709,"date":"2026-08-26T10:43:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=102709"},"modified":"2026-08-26T10:43:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:43:26","slug":"symposium-in-brazil-addresses-the-devils-existence-as-part-of-catholic-doctrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/symposium-in-brazil-addresses-the-devils-existence-as-part-of-catholic-doctrine\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0646\u062f\u0648\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0631\u0627\u0632\u064a\u0644 \u062a\u062a\u0646\u0627\u0648\u0644 \u0648\u062c\u0648\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0634\u064a\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0643\u062c\u0632\u0621 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0642\u064a\u062f\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u062b\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0643\u064a\u0629"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>A recent symposium in Fortaleza, Brazil, on demonology and exorcism \u201cfocused on the theological affirmation of the devil\u2019s existence as part of Catholic doctrine,\u201d Father Diogo Jairo Rebou\u00e7as told ACI Digital, the Portuguese-language sister service of EWTN News. The priest is an exorcist for the Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte in Cear\u00e1 state and coordinator of the gathering held Aug. 18\u201319.The symposium drew 240 participants, 76% of whom were laypeople. According to Rebou\u00e7as, the event was open to this audience\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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According to Rebou\u00e7as, the event was open to this audience\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-102709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54152,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/cardinal-ambongo-opposition-to-same-sex-blessings-not-an-african-exception\/","url_meta":{"origin":102709,"position":0},"title":"Cardinal Ambongo: Opposition to same-sex blessings not an \u2018African exception\u2019","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0623\u063a\u0633\u0637\u0633 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar. \/ Credit: Fran\u00e7ois-R\u00e9gis Salefran CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED Vatican City, Jul 1, 2025 \/ 14:47 pm (CNA). 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It\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Cardinal Ambongo: Opposition to same-sex blessings not an \u2018African exception\u2019","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cardinal-Ambongo-Opposition-to-same-sex-blessings-not-an-%E2%80%98African-exception.webp?fit=670%2C447&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cardinal-Ambongo-Opposition-to-same-sex-blessings-not-an-%E2%80%98African-exception.webp?fit=670%2C447&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cardinal-Ambongo-Opposition-to-same-sex-blessings-not-an-%E2%80%98African-exception.webp?fit=670%2C447&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9565,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/author-explains-how-st-john-paul-ii-benedict-xvi-and-francis-have-opposed-the-devil\/","url_meta":{"origin":102709,"position":1},"title":"Author explains how St. John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis have opposed the devil","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0645\u0627\u0631\u0633 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Pope Francis speaks with journalist Fabio Marchese Ragona. \/ Credit: Vatican Media Rome, Italy, Aug 26, 2024 \/ 17:50 pm (CNA). In an Italian-language book published in April 2023, \"Esorcisti contro Satana\u201d (\"Exorcists against Satan\u201d), journalist Fabio Marchese Ragona revealed how St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, and Pope Francis have confronted the devil throughout their pontificates, promoting the ministry of exorcism or even practicing it.\"Father Gabriele Amorth already decried that in the Church, in the 1980s, there\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fabio.jpg?fit=739%2C384&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fabio.jpg?fit=739%2C384&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fabio.jpg?fit=739%2C384&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fabio.jpg?fit=739%2C384&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51809,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/father-gabriele-amorth-remembered-as-most-famous-exorcist-of-the-20th-century\/","url_meta":{"origin":102709,"position":2},"title":"Father Gabriele Amorth remembered as \u2018most famous exorcist of the 20th century\u2019","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u064a\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0648 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Renowned exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth. \/ Credit: Angela Musolesi (CC BY-SA 4.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 17, 2025 \/ 11:54 am (CNA). Father Marcello Lanza of the International Association of Exorcists (IAE) recently honored Father Gabriele Amorth on the 100th anniversary of Amorth\u2019s birth as \u201cthe most famous exorcist of the 20th century.\u201d \u201cDon Amorth was the most famous exorcist of the 20th century because, with his great love for the \u2018poorest of the poor,\u2019 he was not afraid of\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Father Gabriele Amorth remembered as \u2018most famous exorcist of the 20th century\u2019","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Father-Gabriele-Amorth-remembered-as-%E2%80%98most-famous-exorcist-of-the-20th-century.webp?fit=669%2C446&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Father-Gabriele-Amorth-remembered-as-%E2%80%98most-famous-exorcist-of-the-20th-century.webp?fit=669%2C446&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Father-Gabriele-Amorth-remembered-as-%E2%80%98most-famous-exorcist-of-the-20th-century.webp?fit=669%2C446&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18414,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/african-bishops-speak-how-has-the-synod-on-synodality-impacted-the-church-in-africa\/","url_meta":{"origin":102709,"position":3},"title":"African bishops speak: How has the Synod on Synodality impacted the Church in Africa?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0623\u0643\u062a\u0648\u0628\u0631 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Congolese Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Cameroon, and Cardinal Edouard Sinayobye of Rwanda talk with journalists at Synod on Synodality press briefings in October 2024. \/ Credit: Daniel Iba\u00c3\u00b1ez\/CNA Vatican City, Oct 22, 2024 \/ 15:15 pm (CNA). 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