What's gotten into Italians?

[Amarok]

The history of Europe is rife with periods superstitious hysteria . Often brought on by periods of crisis . The plague for instance . I'm guessing this is just another one .

Church crisis? Such as, you're not going to church so you must be demon possessed?

I was thinking more the lines of all, The economic  crisis, The immigration crisis , The potential nuclear crisis , The cracks forming in the EU . The fact you have big brother Putin not far away . Terrorism , Generally when big continent sweeping crisis like the Plague or Mongols or the Turks WW1 come up. People and the church start seeing demons everywhere . It's generally a manifestation of their own fears and anxieties .