on me. things started going badly. then he shows me items he brought for blessing. candles, water, and even clothes to keep evil spirits away. people who believe they re possessed come from all over italy to see this man, don luigi arapallo. reporter: the pope is very open to exorcism, he says. last year they felt that this showed the pope conducting an exorcism. the vatican strongly denied it. it said the pope was conveying blessings, but some think pope francis is putting more emphasis on exorcism after the pontiff mentioned the devil in several early sermons including the exorcist priest. translator: we believe in the existence of the devil, he says, and pope francis from the very beginning has said we must be