The Pope's Exorcist

That's a beautiful pig.

Only the best, Father.

This way, Father.

The boy is showing

all the classical signs of possession, Father Amorth.

Has the family consulted a doctor?

Many, many doctors.

What are the signs of possession?

He converses in English, Father.

Has he spoken English before?

Never. Not once before.

Do they own a television?

Yes, I believe so.

Okay, thank you.

Ah...

What are you drawing?

A bird.

That's good, kid.

I have a very important job for you.

Do you know the Our Father?

- Yes, Father. - Good.

You can help your brother.

Repeat the Our Father, over and over.

Don't get distracted. Relentless. Understood?

Yes, Father.

Good.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name...

Bring me the pig.

I am legion.

I am Satan.

I am foul-mouthed behemoth.

Difficult to believe.

You doubt me?

If you are Satan, what is my name?

Describe hell.

You will find out soon enough.

Are you avoiding my questions?

You mock me?

Answer me, Satan.

Why possess this boy?

Why not someone more influential?

I can possess anyone I choose.

Ah.

Could you possess Father Gianni?

A bishop?

Anyone! Anything!

I do not believe you.

I don't believe you could even possess this pig.

Can you do it? You have the power.

Could you possess the pig?

- Yes, I can. - Come on, Satan.

Watch me!

Possess the pig. Show me you are the Prince of Darkness.

Show to me your power.

Have you done it?

Have you possessed him, Satan?

Have you possessed it, Satan?

Be calm.

God blesses you.

You can sleep now, my son.

The demon has gone.

God is with you.

Oh, the heads that turn

Make my back burn

And those heads that turn

Make my back, make my back burn...

Amy, we're not in America anymore. You can't dress like that.

Why?

Because there's gonna be construction workers everywhere.

How you doing back there?

The world and the world...

So we left everything for this?

Amy, please. Don't start.

- You know exactly what I'm gonna say. - Yes, and I don't wanna hear it.

What do you think? Pretty cool, huh?

Yeah, I know.

Cuckoo!

Ah... Gabriele.

Why do you think Saint Michael

didn't kill Satan when he had the chance?

That is a question of theology.

No shit.

Perhaps it was his mercy that stayed Saint Michael's sword.

The only thing that arrests God's love

is a person's freedom to choose.

But God cannot be God unless he allows for this choice

even for the damned.

Saint Michael, he knows this.

We will all be judged.

We will all be judged

by how much we love.

Hm.

Do not worry, Gabriele.

I will defend you.

Defend me?

Mm.

My faith

does not require defense.

Oh-ho!

Wow.

- What do you think, guys? - Cozy.

Oh, come on. Give it a chance. This is awesome.

- Señora Vasquez. - Carlos, hi!

So nice to put a face to the voice.

Um...

Padre... Father Esquibel...

- Pleasure to meet you, Miss Vasquez. - Uh, Julia, please.

- Carlos was giving me a tour. - Oh, great.

I just wanted to stop by and welcome you and your family to the diocese.

- I'm sorry. - Oh, no, no, no, please. Go for it.

I'm glad to see you made it safe.

All right. Go find your room, twerp.

Hey. Can I get one of those?

Yes, of course.

This property has been in disrepair

- for as long as I can remember. - Thank you.

So it's a wonderful thing you're doing, restoring the abbey.

We are being very respectful of the existing architecture.

This has actually been in my husband's family for generations,

and we just inherited it.

Is Mr. Vasquez here or...?

Oh, uh, he passed, actually. About a year ago.

- I'm sorry for your loss. - It's okay.

If you need anything, please, hm, don't hesitate.

Okay.

I will remember him in my prayers.

Oh, that's very kind of you. Thank you. It was nice to meet you.

Okay, Carlos, talk to me. What's up? Where are we at?

The basement excavation is very complicated.

More expensive, you mean?

- I'm afraid so. - All right.

I'll take another look at the plans.

If you could just show me what the basement looks like, maybe I can wire...

Amy, get off of there before you break your neck.

Is that a cigarette? Put that out right now, please.

- Fine. - No! Oh, my God.

Cute.

Get out of my room.

Beautiful girl, lovely dress

Where she is now, I can only guess

'Cause it's gone, daddy, gone The love is gone

Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone The love is gone

Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone...

Hey, have you seen your brother?

Amy.

Look, I really can't handle the silent treatment from both my kids.

- I know you don't wanna be here. - Yeah, no shit.

Amy.

Please, I need your help.

This abbey is the only thing your dad left us.

We don't have an income anymore.

Once we fix it up and sell it, we'll go home. Okay?

Maybe if you could just at least watch your brother.

Maybe try and get him to talk.

How? He hasn't spoken in almost a year.

Can you try for me?

So you want me to be a mother for you?

Please just keep an eye on your brother. Okay?

Whoa, whoa

It's a dirty job But someone's gotta do it

It's a dirty job But someone's gotta do it

We care a lot

Hold this.

Father Amorth, caffe latte?

At this time of the day? Are you crazy?

Double espresso, Sister.

Thank you.

Sugar?

Sugar is the work of the devil. No, thank you.

Thank you very much.

Let's get on with this already.

This is a formal hearing.

And as agreed, proceedings will be undertaken in English.

Ah. All right, let's go.

On the night of June 4th, in the town of Tropea,

you performed an exorcism

without the approval of the Reggio Calabria bishop.

It wasn't a...

In English, Father Amorth.

That was not an exorcism.

From Father Gianni's description, what occurred in Reggio Calabria sounded

exactly like an exorcism, complete with animal sacrifice, no less.

The boy was maladjusted. A temporary mental illness.

I use primitive psychology.

The power of suggestion.

You addressed the subject as Satan, called for him to display his power.

- Do you deny this? - No.

- That's what I did. - And why would you do that?

Exorcism is my job,

but the vast majority of the cases to which I'm assigned

do not require an exorcism.

They just need, uh, a little conversation,

a little understanding,

and sometimes...

a little theater.

Cardinal Sullivan, in my observation,

98% of the cases that are assigned to Father Amorth

are then further recommended by him

to doctors and psychiatrists.

And the other 2%?