Posted on 10/24/2021 6:00:15 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Diocese of San Bernardino says its opening Mass for the Synod on Synodality Oct. 17 sought to celebrate the California diocese’s rich cultural diversity and welcome those on the “periphery” of the Church.
But the liturgy’s unusual pageantry, featuring liturgical dancers, a Native American prayer to the “four directions,” and the appearance at the end of Mass of a colorfully costumed figure that resembled traditional representations of an Aztec demon, has raised eyebrows and sparked criticism on social media.
“Paganism in full bloom,” read one comment on YouTube. “This is an absolute disgrace to God and His Holy Church,” stated another.
The Synod on Synodality is a global consultative process that Pope Francis initiated earlier this month to gather input from Catholics and others around the world about important issues confronting the Church. Many U.S. dioceses held Masses last weekend to inaugurate a yearlong period of listening sessions and other means of soliciting feedback.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicnewsagency.com ...
Sadly, this garbage is hardly new. They’ve allowed “smudging” ceremonies in Catholic Masses for almost 20 years now, to the point where it’s hardly even news anymore.
There used to be this blog “Catholic Church Conservation” where a lot of similar outrages in Europe were documented. The blog has gone private, so I can’t really point you toward it...but you can see a lot of the articles in you do a search of those that were posted to FR in years gone by.
Heh, that’s good stuff there...makes me grin every time!
You should have gone pro...instead, you’re here with us!
Some people seem to be just one step away from reverting paganism.
I am thinking of Jeroboam who made two golden calves, placing one in Bethel and one in Dan, and told the people of Israel “These be the gods that brought you forth from Egypt, Out of the House of Bondage!”
This was several centuries after they had left Egypt.
All true. All the more reason why as ordinary Catholics we can’t let ourselves be driven into despair by a bad Pope. He is just one man and, one way or another, he will one day be gone just like the many bad Popes we’ve had in the past. . In the meantime we need to be steadfast to the Faith, find inspiration in the few strong leaders. Find those few good leaders in the Church and listen to them and tune out the Pope. I recommend you start with Bishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas, who has a weekly podcast on Virgin Most Powerful Radio.
Riverside, that is about 1,000 miles from the ancient BORDER of the Aztec Empire. There were other tribes living in Riverside.. WHY now do they want to pay tribute to the Aztecs if they were considered their enemies of those living in Riverside.. uhmnn. Someone knows VERY little of their history.
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God created pagans, but not paganism. Love the pagan hate the paganism sound fair?
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