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  • Mexican Cardinal Calls Statue Thieves ‘Black Sheep’ of Catholic Family

    10/25/2019 6:29:11 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 6 replies
    Crux ^ | 10/24/19 | Inés San Martín
    ROME - According to Mexico’s most important cardinal, the Catholics who stole the small wood statue of a topless pregnant woman and those within the Church who are climate change deniers are the “black sheep” of the 1.3 billion-member family that is the Catholic Church. Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes of Mexico City, currently in Rome participating in the Oct. 6-27 Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, told journalists on Tuesday that the theft of the statue, which some traditionalist Catholics have labeled a pagan symbol, was “sad, a pity.” The cardinal was speaking with a small group of journalists, including...