Pope Leo hosts exorcist summit at the Vatican over fears of worldwide surge in Satanism

Pope Leo XIV has hosted the world’s most senior exorcists at the Vatican, and they reportedly warned him of a terrifying global rise in “occultism, esotericism, and Satanism.” The pope held a private meeting with a delegation of priests from the International Association of Exorcists (AIE) and they “presented a report on the growing prevalence of cases related to occultism, esotericism, and Satanism, and the spiritual consequences they believe this has for many people.”