[MH] Vile Vortices and Supernatural Threats

[Icelander]

Some of the people most important to the modern response of the Catholic Church to the supernatural events occurring since 1980 have been:

• Pope John Paul II (1978-2005)
• Pope Benedict XVI (2005-2013), previously Cardinal Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, President of the International Theological Commission (1981–2005), Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1981–2005), Dean of the College of Cardinals (2002–2005)*
• Cardinal Raffaele Farina, SDB, Secretary of the Pontifical Committee of Historical Sciences (1982-1986), Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Culture (1986-1997), Prefect of the Vatican Library (1997–2007), Librarian of the Holy Roman Church (2007–2012), Archivist of the Holy Roman Church (2007–2012)
• Father Superior Peter Hans Kolvenbach, SJ (1983-2008)
• Cardinal Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (1992–2004), Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (1993–2007)
• Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, Secretary for Relations with States (1990–2003), Librarian of the Holy Roman Church (2003–2007), Archivist of the Holy Roman Church (2003–2007), Protodeacon of the College of Cardinals (2011–2014), President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (2007-2018), Camarlengo of the Holy Roman Church (2014-2018)
• Father Superior Adolfo Nicolás Pachón, SJ (2008-2016)
• Cardinal Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, SDB, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1995-2002), Cardinal Secretary of State (2006–2013), Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (2007–2014)
• Father Leonard Boyle, Prefect of the Vatican Library (1984-1997)
• Monsignor Cesare Pasini, Prefect of the Vatican Library (2007-)
• Cardinal Alberto Bovone, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1984–1995), Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints (1995-1998)
• Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2002–2008), Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints (2008-2018)
• Cardinal Luigi Poggi, Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and San Marino (1986-1992), Librarian of the Holy Roman Church (1992–1998), Archivist of the Holy Roman Church (1992–1998), Protodeacon of the College of Cardinals (2002–2005)
• Fr. Candido Amantini, C.P. (d. 1992)
• Reverend Gabriele Amorth, SSP (d. 2016)
• Fra' Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Supremus Militaris Ordo Hospitalarius Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani Rhodiensis et Melitensis) (1988-2008)
• Archbishop Angelo Acerbi, Prelate of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (2001-2015)
• Fra' Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, Grand Commander of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (2004-2009), Grand Prior of Rome (2009-2017), Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (2017 (acting)/2018-)
• Cardinal Jorge María Mejía, Vice President of the Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace (1986–1994), Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops (1994–1998), Secretary of the College of Cardinals (1994–1998), Archivist of the Holy Roman Church (1998–2003), Librarian of the Holy Roman Church (1998–2003)
• Cardinal William Joseph Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2005-2012)
• Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2012-2017)
• Cardinal Ivan Dias, Titular Archbishop of Rusibisir (1982–1996), Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ghana, Togo and Benin (1982–1987), Apostolic Nuncio to Korea (1987–1991), Apostolic Nuncio to Albania (1991–1996), Archbishop of Bombay (1996–2006), Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (2006-2011)
• Cardinal Ferdinand Filoni, Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq (2001–2006), Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan (2001–2006), Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines (2006–2007), Substitute of the Secretariat of State (2007–2011), Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (2011-)

Anyone have suggestions for other real people who might have been (or still are) influential in the Catholic investigation of the occult and response to supernatural evil?

*In 1997, when he turned 70, Ratzinger asked Pope John Paul II for permission to leave the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith and to become an archivist in the Vatican Secret Archives and a librarian in the Vatican Library, but Pope John Paul ll refused his assent.