Here's who the real Pope was at the time.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Horror movie The Pope's Exorcist takes place in the late 1980s, leading to questions about who the real Pope was at the time of the movie's events. The events of the movie certainly lean toward the fantastical: Father Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican's chief exorcist, is sent to observe and dispatch a demon that has taken possession of a young boy named Henry.
Despite Hollywood somewhat exaggerating the story for narrative effect, Father Gabriele Amorth is a real person and the movie is based on true events. Indeed, The Pope's Exorcist was inspired by Amorth's personal memoir of his years as the Pope's personal exorcist. Considering Amorth's close, real-life relationship with the Pope at the time, it's fair to ask which Pope it was who worked with him.
John Paul II Was The Real Pope During The Pope's Exorcist's 1987 Timeline As it turns out, the beloved Pope John Paul II was the Pope at the time of the events of The Pope's Exorcist. Unless a viewer had a great grasp of papal history while watching the movie, they're to be forgiven for not knowing who the Pope is–he is never mentioned by name in The Pope's Exorcist, only being referred to as "the Pope" throughout the movie.
Did A Demon Really Try To Possess Pope John Paul II? Father Gabriele Amorth's Claims Explained In The Pope's Exorcist, the Pope falls gravely ill after he reads Father Amorth's case notes from the ongoing possession of Henry. In the third act of The Pope's Exorcist, Henry's demon, Asmodeus, is finally successfully exorcised and the Pope miraculously recovers, heavily indicating that the Pope, too, was possessed.
One of these statements has since become infamous and, depending on how it's read, could be seen as him confirming that the Pope himself was possessed at one point. In a 2010 interview with ABC News, when asked if the Devil could infiltrate even Vatican City, Amorth said, "He has tried already. He did it in 1981 by attacking John Paul II by working with those who armed Ali Agca. And also now with the attack on Christmas Eve night when the crazy woman pushed down Benedict XVI...
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