St. Francis Borgia Helping a Dying Impenitent, Francisco de Goya Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public domain The idea that humans can be “possessed” by the devil, demons, or spirits has been an enduring ...

The Rev. Curt Frankhauser has prayed with people to cast out the demons that torment them. They can't say "Jesus," and the demons inside revolt at the name, speaking through the lips of the possessed, ...

Is everything attributed to “evil spirits” truly demonic? I don’t think so, and here’s why: From time to time I will have someone come to see me who thinks they are demon-possessed. They may be ...

Our eyes, gestures, and tone bring us together in a more profound way than words alone. It’s why we look hopefully toward the return of in-person, face-to-face connection. The Rite (2011), starring ...

VATICAN CITY — Though dramatic representations of demonic possessions, as seen in Hollywood, can make them appear to be the primary method of the devil, one Dominican priest and exorcist has warned ...

A Virginia man was convicted earlier this week in the death of a 2-year-old who died during a 2011 exorcism. Eder Guzman-Rodriguez beat his daughter Jocelyn to death in an attempt to rid her of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recently, I scoured Reddit and our very own BuzzFeed community in search of real-life exorcism and possession stories. Whether ...

In the late 1980s, I was introduced to a self-styled Satanic high priestess. She called herself a witch and dressed the part, with flowing dark clothes and black eye shadow around to her temples. In ...

The horror began in January 1949 with a dripping sound — a faint trickle of distant water somewhere behind the walls of the Cottage City, Md., house. Soon, a crucifix on the wall began to shake, as if ...

“What I love when people come and they have this process done, is how they feel after,” writer R.H. Stavis tells me over the phone. “The process” she’s referring to is an exorcism. Stavis is a ...

When the man prayed, his hand twitched. Concerned, the man sought the advice of a priest, who diagnosed him with being possessed by an evil spirit, perhaps the devil. An exorcism, the priest advised, ...