Italian Catholics reverting to seers and sorcerers

[Denise]

Between 10 to 13 million Italians – almost all of them baptised Catholics – have turned to sorcerers or witches at least once in their lives; while 30,000 Italians from all classes of society seek out psychics and visionaries daily, in a quest for a better future, the Codacons agency states.

https://catholicherald.co.uk/italian-ca ... sorcerers/

[MarieT]

A startling number of lapsed Catholics in Italy are reverting to the deities of ancient Rome and turning to pagan seers, astrologers and psychics, attesting to a potentially catastrophic collapse of Catholicism in its traditional bastion.

Over 160,000 sorcerers are doing brisk business in the occult and New Age practises, with over three million Italians consulting the so-called “maghi” every year for advice. This involves shelling out an astronomical €8 billion, according to data from the Osservatorio Antiplagio.

Between 10 to 13 million Italians – almost all of them baptised Catholics – have turned to sorcerers or witches at least once in their lives; while 30,000 Italians from all classes of society seek out psychics and visionaries daily, in a quest for a better future, the Codacons agency states.

The epicentre of witchcraft and occultism is in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, with 2,800 occult operators and 200,000 clients – numbers that far exceed the percentages of resident Catholic priests and Catholics who attend Holy Mass on a weekly basis.

Many years ago our parish priest stated that these forms of divination are contrary to God's laws. Horoscopes were banned etc.....
He stated that these are the keys that open the portal for the evil one to enter....a statement the former chief vatican exorcist commonly made and his successors still attest to.

While francis is more intent on blessing same gender unions and forcing priests to do so also, these alarming numbers dabbling in sorcery etc should be at the height of his agenda

....potentially catastrophic collapse of Catholicism in its traditional bastion

who would have thought - in Italy.....

[Denise]

And the idol the pope allowed in the Church didn't help at all!

[MarieT]

yup too right!