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The Papal Playbook: Bob to the Right, Move to the Left Facing a storm of protests from the Catholic world in the aftermath of his atrocious stage-show at the Shamazon Synod, which was just a vehicle for smuggling married priests and lady “deacons” into the Church, Pope Francis has bobbed momentarily to the right in true Peronist fashion. First of all, in his audience address of November 6, Francis characterized the positive idolatry of the “Pachamama” fertility goddess during the event as no more offensive than Saint Paul’s visit to the Aeropgagus, where he encountered a statue dedicated to “an Unknown...

The Warped Catechism of Jorge Bergoglio His interviews with Eugenio Scalfari belong on the “Index of Forbidden Books.” A measure of this pontificate’s farcical dysfunction is that its leading chronicler is Eugenio Scalfari, a doddering apostate, atheist, and communist to whom Jorge Bergoglio routinely confides his heretical thoughts. Scalfari is the pope’s favorite interviewer, a veritable Boswell to Bergoglio’s Samuel Johnson. The pope is so fond of their exchanges that he had the Vatican publishing house issue an early batch of their interviews as a book. In one of those interviews, the pope told Scalfari, an ex-Catholic, that he had no...

Pachamama: New to the Vatican But No Stranger to the UN UNEP Pachamama Course UNEP Pachamama Course The United Nations Environment Programme published a children’s textbook in 2002 interestingly entitled Pachamama — a course on why the world’s environment is being degraded and an assessment of “how our Mother Earth is doing today.”The UNEP says in the book that “Pachamama” means not just ‘Mother Earth’ in Inca culture but also “living in total harmony with the Earth and not from the Earth. It suggests a lifestyle in harmony with nature.”During the Amazon Synod last month, what the Holy Father called...

Pope Francis says St. Paul ‘built a bridge’ to the Athens pagans, ignores his condemnation of idols VATICAN CITY, November 7, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) ― Ignoring Saint Paul’s condemnation of graven images, Pope Francis stated that the saint provided an example of the “inculturation” of the Gospel when he preached in Athens. In a homily during his usual Wednesday audience, the pontiff stated that St. Paul used his encounter with the pagan idols of the ancient city “to build a bridge to dialogue with that culture.” “Paul chose to enter into familiarity with the city and began therefore to frequent...

It seems to me that if Christians are serious about avoiding errors that are 'incredibly damaging to the gospel and the church,' we will be careful to get sex and marriage exactly right. In a recent interview, newly ex-mega-church pastor Joshua Harris and author of the 1990s best-seller “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” remarked that the support President Trump has received from the evangelical community has been “incredibly damaging to the gospel and to the church.” I’d wager Harris is projecting something fierce.In August, Harris announced that he and his wife Shannon were divorcing, that he no longer considers himself a...

Rome: Catholics Demand Annulment of Amazon Synod Echoes of the tumult following the 9th-century 'Cadaver Synod' ROME (ChurchMilitant.com) - The day before the end of the Amazon Synod, dawn broke over Rome to reveal a new sign among the city's ancient scenery: a huge banner hanging from a central bridge, whose defiant words declared, "John IX has taught us: Annulling a synod is not a sin!" "John IX has taught us: Nullifying a synod is not a sin!" The banner was taken down by city officials the same day (photo credit: Radio Spada) The writing was accompanied by a drawing of the Sacred Heart, a symbol...

Bishop Schneider: Pachamama idolatry during Amazon Synod has its roots in Vatican II Council November 8, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Bishop Athanasius Schneider, the auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan, has recently given an interview to Michael Matt, the editor of the Catholic newspaper The Remnant. Speaking about the idolatrous worship of Pachamama statues during the Amazon Synod in Rome, the prelate says: “We have to condemn this.” “Idolatry,” he adds, “is a violation of Divine Revelation” and of the First Commandment. “You cannot commit acts of idolatry in the Catholic Church.” He further speaks about an “evil” in the Church...

Pope Francis already has been accused of heresy by prominent Catholic clergy, but now his longtime friend and interviewer is claiming the South American-born pontiff denies one of the foundational doctrines of the Christian faith, that Jesus Christ rose from the dead in bodily form. Eugenio Scalfari, a left-wing atheist journalist, published the remarks in the periodical he founded, La Repubblica, and in a new book, CNS News reported. Scalfari claims that the pope told him that Jesus Christ did not rise bodily from the dead but "in the semblance of a spirit." In the Nov. 5 edition of La...

Amazonian woman who led Vatican tree-planting ceremony reveals its pagan significance ROME, November 8, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — The female indigenous leader who planted a tree alongside Pope Francis in the Vatican Gardens ahead of the Amazon Synod was clear from the beginning about the syncretistic and pagan meaning of the act which, she explains, was intended to “satisfy the hunger of Mother Earth” and reconnect with “the divinity present in the Amazonian soil.” In an October 4 statement that went under the radar during the Synod itself, Ednamar de Oliveira Viana, of the Maués region in Brazil, says of the Vatican Garden tree-planting ceremony:...

Francis‘ Pachamama Cult Is Spreading Sant Antoni Maria Claret parish on the Baleraric Island Menorca, Spain, celebrated Pachamama during a 10 a.m. Novus Ordo eucharist on November 3.Four guests participated at the event. They were introduced as a “group of itinerant missionaries” who participated in the Amazon Synod and were travelling back to the Amazon. Menorca is no stop-over for such a journey.A Pachamama effigy was placed in front of the altar. Another attraction was a bare-breasted, over-weight young man in a hula skirt with feathers on his head.He walked barefoot around in the church carrying a coconut oil lamp....

[Barf Alert] Inculturation: A two-way street During last month’s Synod for the Amazon held in Rome, an incident occurred that outraged many people. Early one morning, two people removed from the Church of St. Mary in Traspontina statues that were used in the opening ceremonies of the synod — and threw them into the Tiber River.The artwork from the Amazon region depicted a pregnant woman, a symbol of motherhood and the sacredness of life, that represents for indigenous peoples the bond humanity has with our “mother earth,” much as St. Francis of Assisi portrayed in his Canticle of the Creatures....

Pope Francis denounces Amazon Synod critics as racist ROME, November 7, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — Offering his thoughts on the Amazon Synod, Pope Francis excoriated certain “circles and sectors” who allegedly consider much of humanity a “lower-class entity” with scant “spiritual and intellectual life.” These unnamed individuals, the pope opined, hope out of racism or bigotry to withhold the Gospel. Pope Francis spoke with Italian journalist Gianni Valente during interviews conducted during the recent Amazon Synod. In talks gathered into a book in Italian titled Without Him We Can Do Nothing, the pontiff described his vision for the Church to...

Vatican newspaper features ‘Pachamama’ bowl used at Amazon Synod’s closing Mass VATICAN CITY, November 7, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) ― The offering of a mysterious bowl of plants believed to be linked to the pagan goddess Pachamama — that was received by Pope Francis during the closing Mass for the Amazon Synod and placed on the altar — was featured on the cover of the Spanish version of the Vatican’s official newspaper this week.  The cover of the Spanish edition of L’Osservatore Romano for November 1, 2019 presents a photograph of Marcivana Rodrigues Paiva, a member of the indigenous Satere-Mawe people...

Scalfari: Pope Francis Denies Bodily Resurrection of Jesus Italian journalist doubles down on Francis' alleged denial of Jesus' divinity ROME (ChurchMilitant.com) - In a new series of troubling revelations, Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari has quoted Pope Francis as denying the bodily resurrection of Jesus in stating that the crucified Christ emerged from the tomb as a spirit rather than as a body. In a front-page article in Tuesday's La Repubblica, Scalfari expands on his earlier quote from Pope Francis, where the Holy Father is interpreted as rejecting the divinity of Jesus while on earth, and dovetails that statement with Francis’ alleged denial...

Pope Francis: St. Paul announced Christ to ‘idol worshippers’ without attacking them Vatican City, Nov 6, 2019 / 08:15 am (CNA).- St. Paul announced Jesus Christ to “idol worshippers” in Athens without attacking them, but by building bridges, Pope Francis said Wednesday.“We also ask the Holy Spirit today to teach us to build bridges with culture, with those who do not believe or with those who have a creed different from ours. Always build bridges, always reach out, never aggression,” Pope Francis said Nov. 6 in St. Peter’s Square.“Let us ask him for his ability to delicately inculturate the message...

Abp Viganò: ‘The abomination of idolatrous rites has entered the sanctuary of God’ (Exclusive) ROME, November 5, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò is calling for the re-consecration of St. Peter’s Basilica, in light of what he calls “the appalling idolatrous profanations” that have been committed in its walls through the veneration of the Pachamama statue. In a new interview on the Amazon Synod with LifeSiteNews, Archbishop Viganò has said: “The abomination of idolatrous rites has entered the sanctuary of God and has given rise to a new form of apostasy whose seeds, which have been active for a long time, are growing...

November 5, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — The National Abortion Federation (NAF) has announced that its new president and CEO is Katherine Ragsdale, a lesbian Episcopal “priest” and longtime abortion activist. “Abortion providers are some of my personal heroes and modern-day saints,” Ragsdale said when the news was announced. She had been NAF’s interim president and CEO since September 2018. In 2011, she “married” another female Episcopal “priest,” Mally Lloyd. It is unclear if they are still together; Ragsdale’s bio on NAF’s website makes no mention of Lloyd. “For decades, Katherine Ragsdale, a false prophet, has been trying to put religious vestments...

Viganò: Pachamama Activist ‘a Hero’ Whistleblower praises Alex Tschugguel for flinging Pachamama into the Tiber ROME (ChurchMilitant.com) - Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò is praising the Austrian man who threw Pachamama idols into the Tiber River as a "hero." "Like many others, including Bishop Athanasius Schneider and Prof. Roberto de Mattei, I think that this young man is a hero," the former papal nuncio-turned-whistleblower told Dr. Robert Moynihan in recent comments. "He is a person who wished to defend the First Commandment." Alexander Tschugguel revealed his identity Monday as the man in an Oct. 21 video who took several Pachamama figures from the church of Santa...

EXCLUSIVE: Bishop Schneider calls Amazon Synod a ‘tool’ to create ‘new kind of religion’ Bishop Athanasius Schneider, the auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan, has granted LifeSiteNews a lengthy video interview about the Amazon Synod and the state of the Catholic Church. Bishop Schneider is one of the most outspoken defenders of Catholic orthodoxy in the world. It was Bishop Schneider who, along with Cardinal Raymond Burke and other prelates, issued in June 2019 the “Declaration of Truths” to correct the rampant “doctrinal confusion” in the Church. Bishop Schneider has been at the forefront of defending the Catholic faith amidst the...

WATCH: Catholic priest burns ‘satanic’ Pachamama effigy in reparation for idolatry at Vatican Fr. Hugo Valdemar burns Pachamama effigy in Mexico City, Nov. 3, 2019. November 4, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – A Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Mexico City burned effigies of the pagan “Pachamama” statues while leading the faithful in prayer to atone for the sin of worshiping the statues at the Vatican during the recently concluded Amazon Synod. Video of the event captured Fr. Hugo Valdemar standing outside a Church dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe where flames leaped out of a four-legged metal fireplace that was on...