The Rebellious Angels:
The Mystery of Evil in the Experience of an Exorcist

The author, Fr. Francesco Bamonte, reminds us of the teaching of the Church: The origin of evil is in a being of an exclusively spiritual nature named Satan or the Devil, and in the innumerable perverse angelic spirits at his service that are also called demons. 

For what reason did the most beautiful and magnificent of all the angels freely and irreversibly oppose the immense love of God? Why did he take with him other angels in this same rebellion and bring about both their condition of eternal suffering and all of the evils that are present in the world? 

Fr. Bamonte offers abundant and fascinating documentation in response to these questions. 

The Virgin Mary and the Devil in Exorcisms 

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From the turbulent accounts of the exorcisms, the most pure and splendid figure of the Mother of God emerges in her greatness and magnificence. Before her one is left dazzled and fascinated. One could say that before the dark manifestations virtue of her holiness, to shame and to unmask his ugliness and meanness. For this reason from these accounts arises a dreadful image of the Evil One. Satan appears repulsive, wretched, weak, and defeated despite the ferocity and ugliness of his anger and his implacable and blasphemous hate. In this way the reader is spurred on in the fight against Satan and in disapproval of him and all his actions in such a way that the reader does not allow himself to be at all seduced or deceived. This is followed by an urgent and clear invitation to love the Blessed Virgin with all one's heart and through Mary her beloved son Jesus Christ.

Diabolical Possession and the Ministry of Exorcism

"Fr. Francesco Bamonte moves with agility in a world that knows no straight lines - a real sign of his own academic preparation, but above all, of his long experience. With lots of modesty, he calls many colleagues to his workplace - some of the best that Italy has to offer. His is a varied and decisively all-consuming panorama. Of course, in light of the multifaceted wiles with which the Evil One works, one almost despairs in the search for a correct typology in which to insert each individual case. Yet this is the resposibility of each exorcist called to discern:  this sort of demon is only cast out through prayer and fasting (Mk 9:28)."
       -Archbishop Gaetona Bonicelli, Siena
                     From the Preface