‘Demonic sacrilege’: Brazilian bishop condemns Vatican gardens’ ‘Pachamama’ ritual
'Mother Earth should not be worshipped because everything, even the earth, is under the dominion of Jesus Christ.'
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Articles tagged Pachamama
Bishop Schneider condemns Pachamama statue as ‘new golden calf’ in open letter
Full text of Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s forceful response to Amazon Synod controversy.
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Swiss bishop: It is a ‘scandal’ that the Pope ‘defends those rituals inside the Vatican Gardens’
Clergymen are raising their voices of opposition against Pachamama in the Vatican, and a canon lawyer sees it as a violation of law.
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The intolerable silliness of the Vatican these days (and what we can do about it)
The Church is not a traveling circus tent. But these days, the Vatican feels a bit like one.
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Full transcript of the Pope’s comments on pagan ‘Pachamama’ statues
Pope Francis identifies the controversial statues used in the Amazon Synod as 'Pachamama,' the Incan fertility goddess.
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Pope calls statues ‘Pachamamas’ and apologizes for their removal from church
Pope Francis has called the carved wooden statues at the center of an idolatry scandal in the Vatican 'Pachamama statues.'
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Rowdy Vatican press room: Synod panelists yell at reporters, reporters yell at each other
Thursday's presser was a bit ugly, and for the first time, I left it angry.
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Vatican communications chief denies Amazon Synod guests prostrated themselves before wooden statues
Video footage of the October 4 event shows men and women in a circle bowing to the ground before various statues, one of which is the controversial "Pachamama" wooden statue.
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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.
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Controversial statues’ ‘splash’ in the Tiber leaves Vatican media officials soaked
Vatican media reaction to the hurling of the 'Pachamamas' into the Tiber River this week has spanned the alleged five stages of loss and grief.
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