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The Pope's Exorcist (2023)

Portrayal of a real-life figure Father Gabriele Amorth, a priest who acted as chief exorcist of the Vatican and who performed more than 100,000 exorcisms in his lifetime.

The Pope's Exorcist
The Pope's Exorcist
R
Thriller

Release Date
April 7, 2023
Director
Julius Avery
Cast
Russell Crowe , Franco Nero , Alex Essoe , Daniel Zovatto
Main Genre
Horror
Studio
2.0 Entertainment, Jesus & Mary, Loyola Productions
Writers
Chester Hastings , R. Dean McCreary , Evan Spiliotopoulos

Summary

Portrayal of a real-life figure Father Gabriele Amorth, a priest who acted as chief exorcist of the Vatican and who performed more than 100,000 exorcisms in his lifetime. (He passed away in 2016 at the age of 91.) Amorth wrote two memoirs -- An Exorcist Tells His Story and An Exorcist: More Stories -- and detailed his experiences battling Satan and demons that had clutched people in their evil.

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