exorcism
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Asia's only dedicated exorcism centre -- designed to train not only Philippine priests but clergy from across the region -- sits just off a busy thoroughfare in Metro Manila.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
If the goal was to transfer these skills to muscle memory, the learning process more resembled a muscle exorcism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
She notes that very few people in the audience “realize we are witnessing the exorcism of a powerful, witchy woman who is processing unfathomable loss and shock.”
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026
“It’s like an exorcism for all this fear and body shame that I grew up with,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
A group of babalawos tried apanaldo, an exorcism, and thought they had trapped an evil spirit in the rooster they buried in a knotted cloth.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
The series also starred Collins as angel Castiel, who accompanies the Winchesters on their exorcisms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
Oscar winner Russell Crowe is in the worst actor category for his portrayal of Father Gabriele Amorth, a priest who performed more than 100,000 exorcisms, in The Pope's Exorcist.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2024
"The great majority of exorcisms that happen on any given day across the globe are not Catholic," Professor Chesnut explains.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023
The miracles, teachings, exorcisms were one thing, but they were all signposts of the greater miracle: the healing of the human heart.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
They would never have known what to say but for the secret exorcisms, the careful rehearsal of the day’s farce, by which night after night they were trained to figure before the people.
From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet
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