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8-year-old exorcist 'saving Brazilian slums'

By T.K. Randall
April 3, 2014 · Comment icon 16 comments

Alani with her congregation. Image Credit: YouTube / Vocativ
The 8-year-old daughter of a pastor has been giving hope to some of Brazil's poorest people.
The slums of San Gonzalo on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro are rife with sickness and poverty, yet hope still exists for its people in the form of a young girl, Alani Santos, who many believe to be capable of curing the sick and performing exorcisms despite being only 8 years old.

"A lot of the time I touch people, sometimes I just pray and worship and the person is cured," she says. "It's the part when I pray and God performs miracles, my dad interviews people and they say they've been cured. That's very pleasing to see."



Source: IB Times | Comments (16)




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Comment icon #7 Posted by YukiEsmaElite0 10 years ago
You know, at age 16, I can do exorcisms (and not even very well...), but curing the sick? What kind of illnesses? Perhaps they left on their own...
Comment icon #8 Posted by Calibeliever 10 years ago
Libstak, at the shrine of Our Lady at Lourdes,France, they have a medical board to evaluate claims of miraculous healings.The doctors are not just catholic,but protestants,jews,etc. The paitents medical history is laid out before them,everything is care fully examined before they go and declare someone cured .They check out xrays,lab work etc. You can Google it. But I know what you are saying, it would be easier to believe if there was definte scientic proof of such claims. Yes there is a big difference between a pastor or a congragation claiming miracles and the church claiming miracles. Most... [More]
Comment icon #9 Posted by Calibeliever 10 years ago
If the media would stop printing this crap, then it would eventually go away. Would take years, however. They never will. People need hope. They will grasp at whatever straws they can to find it. The job of News is to sell News (and toothpaste). They will print what people want to read.
Comment icon #10 Posted by pallidin 10 years ago
An 8-year old performing exorcisms? Sorry, I think it's a total hoax/performance.
Comment icon #11 Posted by nohands 10 years ago
It d0esn't matter th0ugh if its real or h0ax, i think d best thing is she gives h0pes to s0me.. .. And it w0uld be much m0re appreciated if they do it free.. .. I h0pe so.
Comment icon #12 Posted by AliveInDeath7 10 years ago
It's bs.. You can't just exorcise someone by a touch. I can't believe some people are still so uneducated to flock to this. You can tell by the pic she is a marketing scam.
Comment icon #13 Posted by kingno.7 10 years ago
It d0esn't matter th0ugh if its real or h0ax, i think d best thing is she gives h0pes to s0me.. .. And it w0uld be much m0re appreciated if they do it free.. .. I h0pe so. no hands, exactly, she gives hope for others , i don't know whether they are doing it for money , but i know many other people healing the sick just like her , and of course its a big deal , but think the right way , i.e. god is healing people through her , and its a really precious gift which god has given her , and to many other prayer warriors similar to her. Actually i am conveying this message to you because , by readin... [More]
Comment icon #14 Posted by kingno.7 10 years ago
It's bs.. You can't just exorcise someone by a touch. I can't believe some people are still so uneducated to flock to this. You can tell by the pic she is a marketing scam. AliveInDeath7, Its not her who exorcises people by a touch,its god touching people through her. I don't know whether you believe in god , but if you believe you will see and feel the healing and miracles that god is going to perform in your life. kingno.7
Comment icon #15 Posted by kingno.7 10 years ago
Looking forward to know more about you. Here there are some people who are similar to you , I don't know whether i will able to meet you , but please pray for my future , and its really good to hear about you , i don't know whether I am perfect , but i can say this " i am a cute, little child of god ". kingno.7
Comment icon #16 Posted by Erowin 10 years ago
Anyone can perform an exorcism- all it takes it the other person believing one is being performed on them. If they truly believed a duck could exorcise them, it would work and the duck would be an exorcist. For instance, I'm immune to exorcisms since I don't believe in them. It could be performed by the most talented exorcist in the world, and I wouldn't rock, or speak in tongues or much of anything. If these people think this girl is healing them, they will get the placebo effect.


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