Tuesday marks 50 years since The Exorcist came out and shocked audiences with its depiction of a possessed 12-year-old girl. Its release kicked off an obsession with films about demonic possession.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Father Vincent P. Lampert, a Catholic priest and the designated exorcist of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis. It has been edited for ...

Based on having read the (mostly) horrific reviews for the new low-budget supernatural horror flick The Devil Inside (2012), I won't be sprinting to the theatre to see it any time soon. Make that ever ...

St. Francis Borgia Helping a Dying Impenitent, Francisco de Goya Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public domain The idea that humans can be “possessed” by the devil, demons, or spirits has been an enduring ...