Philippines to open first exorcism center in Asia

An exorcism center will soon open in Makati City, ministering to individuals enslaved by the devil. It will be Asia’s, if not the world’s, first of its kind.

The building of the religious complex at Guadalupe Viejo has begun. The Archdiocese of Manila is leading the initiative, which will be known as the Saint Michael Center for Spiritual Liberation and Exorcism.

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Exorcism is the religious or spiritual activity of exorcising demons or other spiritual beings from a possessed person or region.

The center “will minister to those in bondage to the devil who are therefore the poorest of the poor and are usually overlooked,” said Fr. Francisco Syquia, director of the Archdiocese of Manila Office on Exorcism (AMOE).

The AMOE stated on social media that the initiative is the result of more than seven years of “prayer, planning, and fundraising.”

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Aside from helping “spiritually attacked by unclean spirits,” the exorcism center will also be the venue for the training of the clergy and the faithful who will assist in the ministry. It will also be a center for studying and discernment visions and extraordinary phenomena.

Philippines to open first exorcism center in Asia

The facility will house the archdiocese’s Commission on Extraordinary Phenomena, the Ministry of Exorcism Office, and the Ministry on Visions and Phenomena Office.

The exorcism will also house the Philippine Association of Catholic Exorcists (PACE), affiliated with the Philippine Catholic Bishops’ Conference.

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PACE is also linked to the International Association of Exorcists (IAE), a Roman Catholic group created by six priests in Italy in 1990. The world-famous exorcists of Rome, Fr. Gabriele Amorth and Fr. Jeremy Davies, are among them.

The chapel of the St. Michael Center will be dedicated to Our Lady of the Angels.

Within the Roman Catholic Church, a priest may perform an exorcism only with the express permission of his bishop or local ordinary and only to the extent necessary. This can only be done when doctors and psychiatrists have examined the patient and determined that the illness is not of natural origin. Canon law requires a priest to be devout, informed, reasonable, and recognized for his integrity.

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