Vatican excorcist squad is go for launch

It's always the 5th century at the Vatican: "The Pope has ordered his bishops to set up exorcism squads to tackle the rise of Satanism." By Satanism, do they mean the worship of Satan (which would virtually require being a Catholic in order to believe in Satan in the first place)? Or do they mean Satanism as in "wavering faith in the church and its magical capabilities?"

The Vatican sees the need to place "trained exorcists" in every diocese in the world because "People suffer and think that turning to the Devil can help solve their problems. We are being bombarded by requests for exorcisms." How does one turn to the Devil? In what media is the Devil so successfully advertising his services?

I might suggest that the rise in exorcism requests is correlated with three social factors:

• Rising cost of mental health services.
• Uninsurability of mental health patients, forcing people to turn away from credible medical care out of fear that they'll lose coverage.
• Declining educational standards and the world-wide trend toward religious mysticism over scientific thinking.

I wonder how many exorcists are trained to recognize when a person needs to see a psychiatrist rather than sit through a prayer ritual.