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[Catholic Caucus] Catholic clergy should be destroying idols like Pachamama, not taking part in their ritualsIt would be refreshing if Pope Leo simply admitted that he had made a mistake. But I rather suspect that the Vatican will instead try to explain it away.Andean man performing ceremony of payment to the land, payment to the PachamamaA 1995 picture of the future Pope Leo XIV taking part in a Pachamama ritual came out this week.It brought back unpleasant memories of his predecessor, Pope Francis, doing much the same thing in the Vatican gardens at the Amazonian Synod in 2019.UNEARTHED: 1995 photo...

[Catholic Caucus] Leo XIV and the Myth of Restoration: Why the Francis Agenda ContinuesLeo XIV is not launching a post‑Bergoglian restoration, but rather a reorganization of the Curia grounded in cohesion — inclusive and structural — rather than doctrinal unity. Through appointments, decisions, and ecclesiological orientations, a substantial continuity with Francis emerges in terms of objectives, even if the methods differ, opening scenarios of profound transformation without any return to the Wojtyła–Ratzinger model.In recent weeks, several important appointments have been interpreted by various analysts, Italian and otherwise, as a sign of a cautious reform of the Curia by Pope Leo...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Leo praises Amoris Laetitia as ‘luminous message of hope’Pope Leo XIV praised Amoris Laetitia as a guiding text for the Church in a message celebrating the tenth anniversary of the document. Pope Leo XIV has praised Amoris Laetitia as a guiding text for the Church.On March 19, Pope Leo XIV issued a message marking the tenth anniversary of Amoris Laetitia, in which he described Francis’s post-synodal apostolic exhortation as a “luminous message of hope” and confirmed its central role in contemporary teaching on marriage and the family.He also announced that he has convened the presidents of episcopal...

[Catholic Caucus] UNEARTHED: 1995 photo shows Pope Leo[ XIV participating in Pachamama ritualExclusive to LifeSiteNews, this explosive revelation will feature prominently in Fr. Charles Murr's forthcoming book on the new pontiff.Fr. Robert Prevost (now Pope Leo XIV) present at a Pachamama ritual in 1995 LifeSiteNewsIn an explosive revelation that will feature prominently in his forthcoming book on the new pontiff, Faith & Reason co-host Fr. Charles Murr has confirmed that Pope Leo XIV — then Fr. Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. — actively participated in a pagan Pachamama “Mother Earth” agricultural ritual while attending an official Augustinian theological symposium.The story was...