(ANSA) - Rome, August 23 - The Devil really exists, the
international association of exorcists (AIE) told the head of
the Jesuit order Friday after he said Satan was just a symbol.
Jesuit Superior General Arturo Sosa Abascal told the annual
meeting of the influential Catholic group Communion and
Liberation "symbols are part of reality and the Devil exists as
symbolic reality, not as personal reality".
The AIE was quick to rebuff the 70-year-old Venezuelan's
claim.
"The real existence of the Devil, as a personal subject that
thinks and acts and who has made the choice to rebel against
God, is a truth of faith that has always been part of Christian
doctrine".
Devil really exists, exorcists say
Sosa Abascal said Satan was just a symbol