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An order has been passed down...

...to place an exorcist in every diocese

across the U.S. by this time next year.

As you might imagine, it's not

a highly sought-after position.

There's a new program at the Vatican...

...designed to reteach the clergy

the rite of exorcism.

I've been asked to keep an eye out

for potential candidates.

Wait a minute, you....

You want me to be an exorcist?

Why?

Why would you want me?

I don't know what I believe in.

That's right.

I remember in your letter...

...you explained how you used

the priesthood to run away from things.

The truth is, you could have run

in any direction, but you ran here.

Why?

Just take the course.

And then if you still wanna leave when

you get back, we can talk about it then.

Two months in Rome.

How bad could that be?

Keep the change. Thank you.

I'm guessing there's no cable.

MAN:
By the time an exorcist is called

to assess a possible possession...

...the parish priest would have ensured...

...that all psychiatric explanations

had been exhausted.

He would have questioned

the possessed himself...

...and forwarded his assessment

on to his bishop.

With the bishop's permission...

...an exorcist is then summoned

to determine possession.

Often, early signs of a possession

are subtle.

Social withdrawal...

...apathy...

...a persistent tremor in a limb.

It can go unnoticed

until the victim is deep within...

...the demonic spirit's grasp.

This was taken at an exorcism in Turin.

[WOMAN YELLING ON VIDEO]

The woman survived without food or water

for eight weeks...

...before the demon released her.

This man's jaw spontaneously dislocated

while being read the Lord's Prayer.

He made no physical contact

with any object...

...nor was he met with

any physical force.

Demons are the devil's foot soldiers...

...often operating in groups

much like a squadron...

...infesting their victims.

It is the job of an exorcist...

...to determine the number of

possessing demons and their names...

...something the demons protect

with great ferocity.

And when the exorcist has a name...

...he can then begin to

assert control over the entity...

...and cast it out.

Who have we here?

-Michael Kovak.

-I'm sorry?

[LOUDER] Michael Kovak.

Oh, yes.

The American.

-Yeah. Sorry I'm late.

-Yes, I prefer punctuality to apologies.

Welcome. Sit down.

[MAN YELLING ON RECORDING]

MAN [IN RUSSIAN ON RECORDING]:

Die, priest, die!

XAVIER:
The most identifiable sign

of a possession...

...is the negative reaction

to sacred objects.

Crucifixes, holy water.

The man that you have just heard...

...was reacting to a crucifix

placed on his head.

ANGELINA:
Excuse me, Father.

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