The Chief Exorcist of Rome explains how the devil does appear. In a short interview with Rome’s Chief Exorcist, Fr. Gabriele Amorth, reporter Stefano Stimamiglio asks what the devil looks like. Father Gabriele: The devil is pure spirit, he has no corporeal substance and therefore cannot be represented in a form we can fully comprehend. This also applies to God’s angels who, if they wish to appear to men, must take on characteristics and features we can understand. One example is the Archangel Raphael, who in the Book of Tobit accompanies young Tobias on his mission in the form of a young man. Returning to the devil, what we can say is that he is much uglier than anything we ...