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Do Demons Have a Plan when Tempting Us?
Q. Father Fortea, do demons have a plan when tempting us? A. Remember: a demon is a spiritual being that possesses a greater intelligence than ours. Therefore, in temptation, a demon tries to enter...
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What can be done against temptation?
Q. Father Fortea, what can be done against temptation? A. We must immediately resist it with the help of God’s grace. A temptation is harmless if we resist and do not entertain it. From the moment we...
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What Language Do the Demons Speak?
Q. Father Fortea, what language do the demons speak? A. Demons, as pure spirits, do not need a language to communicate with each other; they simply communicate at will through the power of thought....
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What is Evil?
Q. Father Fortea, what is evil? A. Evil is the lack (or privation) of a good that should be present in a thing. For example, blindness is a physical evil because it is the absence of the ability to...
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Will Evil Exist Forever?
Q. Father Fortea, will evil exist forever? A. Yes, in a certain sense. The clear teachings of Sacred Scripture and the Church affirm that both demons and condemned human beings will exist for all...
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Does God Hate the Demons?
Q. Father Fortea, does God hate the demons? A. No. God, being perfect, is Love itself. The created world is God’s act of love, and as part of His creation, demons remain essentially good and loved by...
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Is God’s Greatest Creation Lucifer or the Blessed Virgin Mary?
Father Fortea, is God’s greatest creation Lucifer or the Blessed Virgin Mary? A. Before this question can be answered, we have to understand that Lucifer (which means “morning star”) was the angelic...
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An Exorcist’s Perspective on the Harvard black mass
Exorcists agree that the greatest threat from the devil is the evil we do not see. When evil is obvious, most will run from it. When hidden with nice sounding names like “pro-choice” or “mercy...
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Can Demons Tempt us to Pray?
Dear Fr. John, I recently ran across a confusing statement from an ex-satanist, who claims that demons can encourage people to pray as a way of deceiving them. The author of the book I read wrote that...
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Is God Present Even in Hell?
Father Fortea, is God present even in hell? Yes, God is present even in hell. There is no place (or being) in which God is not present. God, the Creator of all things, maintains everything in existence...
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Exorcists Weigh in on Reported Possessions in Mexico (Video)
Two American Exorcists Weigh in on Reported Mexican Possessions There is one place where not even the most adventurous thrill seeker should tread: into the occult. Every exorcist will attest that even...
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Why Does Hell Need to be Eternal?
Father Fortea, why does hell need to be eternal? Repentance can be born only of grace. If God does not send grace to a spirit, making it understand the perpetrated evil, then there can be no...
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Why does God Not Just Annihilate the Demons?
Father Fortea, why does God not just annihilate the demons? God, in His great love, has pledged not to destroy any intelligent being He has created. Demons, by their very existence, are a manifestation...
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Why does Sacred Scripture Say that Demons are in the “Regions of the Air”?
Father Fortea, why does Sacred Scripture say that demons are in the “regions of the air”? Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we are not...
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When the Bible says Some Demons are in Hell, does it Mean they’re Not on Earth?
Father Fortea, when the Bible says that some demons are in hell, does this mean that they are not on earth tempting us? This is probably the case. What also seems to be the case is that there is no...
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When Jesus was on Earth, did the Demons know Jesus was the Messiah?
Father Fortea, when Jesus was on earth, did the demons know He was the Messiah? As we have said, demons do not know everything. They do not even know all that happens in this world; they are among us,...
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Why does Satan Appear More Frequently in the New Testament than in the Old?
Father Fortea, why does Satan appear more frequently in the New Testament than in the Old? The term Satan appears eighteen times in the Old Testament and thirty-five in the New. The devil can be found...
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Is there Significance to the Order of the Three Temptations of Jesus in the...
Father Fortea, what order do the three temptations of Jesus in the desert follow? Is there any significance to this order? In the synoptic gospels, we see how the devil tempted Jesus in the wilderness...
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The Devil: Is He for Real? Why Does God Let Him Hang Around?
The Devil: Is He for Real? Why Does God Let Him Hang Around? Dear Father John, I’ve heard that talking about the devil is just a way to talk about bad things that happen. On the other hand, there are...
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Spiritual Warfare – Book Picks
Because we are quickly rolling up on Halloween and the time of year when our culture is focused on the world of the spirits, I thought it would be fitting to turn our hearts to something holy and good...
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