[Kolokotronis]

"When our new bishop was installed here, the ceremony began with an outright pagan American-Indian ceremony before the mass, in the cathedral! I couldn't get in, but my friend was there and said it was terrible. A representative from the Vatican witnessed the whole thing and had nothing negative to say about it. In fact, the pagan priestess/shaman/medicine woman/whatever led the procession of priests and bishops into the church. Hideous."

What you describe isn't simply hideous, its heresy pure and simple. Canon after canon from Council after Council have condemned and forbidden this syncretism. How can the Pope of Rome allow this? Our Archbishops, let alone the the Eastern Patriarchs would never allow this in the Temple. What has the Roman Church become? I think I'd be afraid to have anything to do with communion with such people!

[broadsword]

What you describe isn't simply hideous, its heresy pure and simple.

Yeah. She had everybody turn to face "the spirit of the east wind", and then raised a pall of some horrid smoking weed while chanting some pagan nonsense to her false gods. Then she repeated for all three other "wind spirits (demons)", ending with all the Catholics turning their backs on the tabernacle. Needless to say, my friend refused to engage in this evil ritual. He was nearly alone in that.

[Desdemona]

NOt all bishops allow this sort of thing. Mine wouldn't even let it enter his mind.