MercyMe
Dark Inquisitor said:Even the previous Pope's attempt at exorcism didn't work . Sometimes, bringing priests into a house will make things worse and you will end up with an entity that is not only disturbed, but really angry at you too.
I think this is a perfect example of that story in the Bible where the guy trying to exorcise demons angered the spirits. Many people simply don't believe in spiritual entities, or they don't believe in what the Church believes but call in a priest anyway because they think the priest has power they don't. Or, even the priest is skeptical and doesn't believe in what he is doing (exorcism).
Spirit "portals" are, I think, human beings. I really don't believe any inanimate object draws or invites spirits of any level. I think a person's energies, their focus, their thoughts, etc. are what serves as the "portal." I think the entity may remain because there is plenty of energy to sustain its activities, even if that energy is fear. The energies worked up through a rite of exorcism would be sufficient enough to hold the entity. In any case, I learned from my time with the fundamentalist Christians that saw demons under every rock and around every corner that virtually anything can be pegged as a "spirit portal," any innocuous thing. Here's a website that, sadly, clearly demonstrates the kind of extremist thinking and fear-mongering bordering on if not crossing hate speech: http://www.demonbuster.com/z3cyh.html
~Mercy