Religion & Law

I spent a lot of time in hotels while travelling over the holidays, and watched much more t.v. than I typically do, including some strangely compelling reality shows, like Hoarders and Billy the Exterminator.  I just read about an new one that must fit somewhere in the spectrum between the truly excellent  Pawn Stars and American PIckers on the History Channel, and a show I cannot stomach, Jersey Shores (I can't bring myself to look it up to link to it).  It be on Discovery Channel:  The Exorcist Files.  Here's a description:

Discovery Channel is teaming with the Vatican for an unprecedented new series hunting the deadliest catch of all: Demons.

The Exorcist Files will recreate stories of real-life hauntings and demonic possession, based on cases investigated by the Catholic Church. The project includes access into the Vatican?s case files, as well as interviews with the organization?s top exorcists ? religious experts who are rarely seen on television.

Made me think of John Allen's speculation in The Future Church that a future African pope might address issues of the presence of demons and reality of evil in the world, reflecting African Catholics' greater interest in these sorts of topics that European Catholics.