Is it the Tech-corcist?
With religious rifts widening around the globe, an enterprising Christian leader has potentially devised a way to unite the faiths against a common foe.
A Mexican priest named Father Luis Ramirez Almanza is inviting rabbis, imams and evangelical preachers to join a special exorcism training course that, among other evils, specializes in battling the scourge of AI-fueled Satanism, the Times Of London reported.
“Artificial intelligence is a great power — a force for both good and evil — and can therefore be used for devil worshipping,” he warned at a press conference announcing his “Course on the Ministry of Exorcism and Prayer of Deliverance.”
Held at the Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum, a Vatican-affiliated university, this niche training draws over 170 participants interested in performing exorcisms.
While participants aren’t granted the authority to conduct a demon-ectomy — that license can only be bestowed by a diocesan bishop, per Catholic Canon Law — the university promises on its website to “deepen their knowledge of the ministry of exorcism and deliverance prayer in a serious and interdisciplinary way.”
This year, there will be a special emphasis on AI’s use among Lucifer enthusiasts.
Father Fortunato Di Noto, a Sicilian priest who fights child sexual abuse and is speaking at a session in May, claims that some satanic groups are already experimenting with the tech.
“We believe these groups are using AI to generate images of children involved in satanic rites,” Di Noto told The Times Of London.
“Using children appeals to them because it’s a form of power being exercised over the innocent.”
Researchers tracking cult activity say the digital devilry isn’t just theoretical.
David Murgia, who runs Catholic Risk and Insurance Services — a research group monitoring cults and fringe religious movements — said law enforcement has warned that occult groups are turning to AI tools to cloak their activities online.
“Police tell us satanists are using AI to hide their content online and communicate with each other,” he told the outlet.
Another speaker scheduled for the course will explore how modern-day occultists are using generative AI to design ritual symbols and imagery — giving ancient mysticism a distinctly 21st-century makeover.
The Vatican has been increasingly vocal about the risks of runaway technology.
Speaking at a recent Vatican seminar on artificial intelligence, Bishop Paul Tighe — a senior official at the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education — warned the technology could open the door to disturbing new threats, including “biological weapons, propaganda, disinformation and systems which are beyond human control.”
Church officials have also warned that AI could reshape society in ways that undermine human dignity, privacy and even people’s livelihoods.
For now, though, the Rome training course is focused on a far more ancient enemy — even if it may now come with a high-speed internet connection.
As previously reported by The Post in 2024, artificial intelligence has already crept into some corners of modern worship.
A church in Switzerland stunned the internet after unveiling an AI-powered hologram of Jesus designed to hear confessions from Catholic worshippers — a surreal spectacle captured in a viral video.
The experimental installation — dubbed Deus in Machina — sits inside a confessional booth at St. Peter’s Church, where a screen displays an animated image of Jesus behind the traditional grate.
The digitally rendered face analyzes each visitor’s words and generates a response, with the avatar’s lips moving in sync as it dishes out advice from the virtual pulpit.
For clergy now sounding the alarm about AI-fueled satanism, it’s yet another sign that the battle between faith and technology may be entering a very strange new chapter.
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