Your Eminence Robert Cardinal McElroy, two weeks ago you “fired” a prominent exorcist and his spiritual-deliverance team  because, or so your statement said, he had stated in a social-media post that many if not most “UFOs” and “aliens” may be demons, and warned the faithful (we think rightly) away.

It is a time when high strangeness is now in the mainstream.

We must note how many times Jesus Himself warned of deception and cast out evil spirits—and in fact ordered His Apostles and disciples to do the same.

Yet rarely does one hear a priest so much as mention evil spirits even when they are part of the Mass or Gospel readings that day.

Instead, homilies verve off into other directions.

Your Eminence, a question: By our count, “evil spirits,” “demons,” or “unclear” spirits have been mentioned at least twenty-four times in readings this year (which is just half done) alone. If you add the word “devil,” “devils,” or Satan,” the number of mentions this year taken from the Bible balloons to forty-seven.

How many times have you spoken about the topic? How many ties has the average U.S. priest?