Fr. Giacomo Costa, a communications official for the Amazon synod, said Wednesday a wooden figure of a nude pregnant woman, which has been present at events related to the synod, is not the Virgin Mary, but is instead a female figure representing life.
“It is not the Virgin Mary, who said it is the Virgin Mary?” Costa said Oct. 16 at a press conference for the Amazon synod, a meeting taking place in the Vatican Oct. 6-27 on the ministry of the Church in the region.
Costa referred to a controversial image of a female figure which was part of a tree-planting ceremony in the Vatican Oct. 4. The same figure has been present in the vicinity of the Vatican at various events happening during the synod, under the “Casa Comun” initiative.
The wooden figure of a pregnant woman has been described as both a Marian image and as a traditional indigenous religious symbol of the goddess Pachamama, or Mother Earth.
When told “many people have said” the woman is a figure of the Virgin Mary, Costa added “‘many have said,’ okay, as you like, but I have never heard that.”
“There is nothing to know. It is an indigenous woman who represents life,” he stated, adding that his information commission will look for more information about it, but “it is a feminine figure” and is “neither pagan nor sacred.”
Paolo Ruffini, prefect of the Vatican communications dicastery, said Wednesday he sees the figure as “representing life.”
“Fundamentally, it represents life. And enough. I believe to try and see pagan symbols or to see… evil, it is not,” he said, adding that “it represents life through a woman.” He equated the image to that of a tree, saying “a tree is a sacred symbol.”
Ruffini said that interpretation is his personal opinion, and he was not speaking as the head of Vatican communications or synod communications.
Full story at Catholic News Agency.
What a relief to know! Now we can bow down to it without problem.
And thankfully, today we learn that these idols were taken from the church and tossed into the Tiber, splash. Well done, gentlemen!
1. For more commentary on the scandal, Catholics should also see LSN’s piece:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canon-lawyer-priest-on-amazon-synods-pagan-tree-planting-this-is-horrendous
2. Other commentary on the scandal worth considering is from one of our bishops — Bishop Rene Henry Gracida:
Source: https://fromrome.wordpress.com/2019/10/08/bishop-emeritus-of-corpus-christi-condemns-bergoglio-for-vatican-garden-rituals/
Wasn’t it pagan idolatry [spiritual adultery] that got the Jews exiled to Babylon?
These are pagan idols – they are called “Pachamama” – and the Catholic Church should have nothing to do with idols. Some brave soul in the Rome area needs to go to the church where they are currently on display and destroy them. Check out Dr. Taylor Marshall discussing this on youtube.
Don’t be fooled by those who would explain away idolatry.
What we need is a modern day Elijah.
Like to think I’d burn it if I had the chance
paganism in the Vatican only under fraincis
If I want to be a Pagan, I know a number of actual Pagans I could go hang out with. Having chosen to be Catholic, I want nothing to do with this abomination.
It is a idol of the goddess Pachamama. Gaia in Greek; Terra in Roman; Joro in Norse and goes by other names in pagan countries. There is no excuse for this abomination. They are worshiping the earth goddess not God the creator. That and the picture of the naked woman holding the baby while nursing some animal is disgusting.
If they had wanted a Christian statue, they could have chosen any number of the Latin American ones, the Virgin Mary of Brazil or Our Lady of Guadalupe, who is presented as pregnant with the Christ Child but fully clothed, and is not some pagan goddess.
Just burn it to the ground….
Right now, I am very confused about Pope Francis’ stand in the religio-socio-economic events in the world especially regarding illegal immigration and discouraging people to convert to Catholicism. I am very discouraged but my faith in Jesus Christ and the dogma of Catholic Christian is strong.
Just remember, the pope is not the Church, which is much bigger than one man. Francis will go, the Church will not. Stay strong, pray the rosary!
“Mother Earth” is a pagan god and is actually just a rock floating through space! Can’t these people find a truly beautiful image of Our Lady? And why a pagan ritual around a tree? This is evil and insidious; put a stop to it.
I have been reading all about how major U.S. foundations (such as the Ford Foundation) that support abortion and gender ideology, have been funding Brazilian bishops’ mssionary projects to people of the Amazon– and have also been instrumental in funding the Vatican Amazn Synod! Very dangerous, for the Church!
I expect better from the “Living Magesterium ” this along with his meeting with james martin is a clear signal to the laity as to where his heart and mind is . Hostile non Catholics will use this synod and this pagan ceremony in the Vatican garden no less as a reason to condemn the church , this is not fake news or deep fake video and pictures this is real and evil.Look at that picture , the leadership of the church does nothing about that profanation , the ceremony where a Franciscan in full habit and native face paint kowtows to this idol , with no objections or shock tells faithful Catholics all they need to know .Pray God send us a pope such as Pope Saint Pius X !.