WATCH: Pope Francis blesses controversial 'Pachamama' statue before opening Amazon synod Footage shows that the Pope reached out an touched the statue before proceeding to bless it. News Maike Hickson • Oct 24, 2019Apr 29, 2023
Vatican newspaper features 'Pachamama' bowl used at Amazon Synod’s closing Mass L’Osservatore Romano featured on its cover the mysterious bowl of plants that was received by Pope Francis and placed on the altar. News Dorothy Cummings McLean • Nov 7, 2019Jun 18, 2021
Dutch bishop joins statement calling for Pope to repent of Pachamama idolatry at Amazon Synod Bishop Robert Mutsaerts also called the Amazon Synod 'the most politically correct meeting of all time.' News Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent • Nov 18, 2019Jun 18, 2021
BBC Catholic commentator falsely claims Amazon Synod’s ‘Pachamama’ was Virgin Mary Pope Francis admitted last week that the wooden statue was a 'Pachamama' News Dorothy Cummings McLean • Nov 1, 2019Jun 18, 2021
'Pachamama' film made pagan idols attractive to kids months before Amazon Synod 'Pachamama' received enthusiastic reviews from the mainstream press in France, which would never dream of doing the same for films with a Catholic message. News Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent • Dec 3, 2019Jun 18, 2021
Did Pope Francis defend Pachamama idolatry at Vatican in new Amazon synod exhortation? The pope wrote that it is 'possible to take up an indigenous symbol in some way, without necessarily considering it as idolatry' News Paul Smeaton • Feb 12, 2020Jun 18, 2021
Why some Catholics see no evil in Amazon synod’s pagan ‘Pachamama’ statues 'Instead of understanding that something is what it really is, they believe something is what they name it.' Blogs Dorothy Cummings McLean • Oct 21, 2019Jun 18, 2021
Catholic men who threw Amazon Synod’s ‘Pachamama’ idols into Tiber deserve praise Throwing out pagan statue fulfills Christ’s command to teach all nations Blogs Stephen Kokx • Oct 23, 2019Jun 18, 2021
100 priests, lay scholars call Pope Francis to repent for Pachamama idolatry at Amazon Synod 'We respectfully ask Pope Francis to repent publicly and unambiguously of these objectively grave sins.' News Maike Hickson • Nov 12, 2019Jun 18, 2021
Were 'Pachamama’ statues absent from Amazon Synod’s closing Mass after bishops’ resistance? Pope Francis had suggested that the statues could be on display at the Amazon Synod's closing Mass. Blogs Maike Hickson • Oct 28, 2019Jun 18, 2021