Cranmer has an interesting blog today wondering if the pope is about to resign and the picture heading that blog (see below) reminded me of a Telegraph article this week about the Vaticans chief exorcist claiming that the Devil is in the Vatican.

Father Gabriele Amorth said people who are possessed by Satan vomit shards of glass and pieces of iron.

He added that the assault on Pope Benedict XVI on Christmas Eve by a mentally unstable woman and the sex abuse scandals which have engulfed the Church in the US, Ireland, Germany and other countries, were proof that the Anti-Christ was waging a war against the Holy See.

“The Devil resides in the Vatican and you can see the consequences,” said Father Amorth, 85, who has been the Holy See’s chief exorcist for 25 years.

As you can see from the photo, the Devil does indeed appear to be in Rome or maybe its just an old Nazi with a bad pot habit :

As an aside, a quick google search is also quite interesting – “Devil in Vatican” for example returning around 4.5 million results – do go have a look at some of them.