Are there photos and commentary from those who were there to back this up or is it more ’ fake ’ lets whip up a frenzy news intended to deride the Church’There is a “pundit” photo in the latest edition of the Catholic Herald. It shows pope Francis praying to pagan statues inside St. Peter’s basilica at the Vatican. There he is, surrounded by some prelates and in the company of the shaman. Their backs to the altar, they are facing the pagan idols displayed in the middle of St. Peters. I would agree with you that this is perhaps cynicism.
Those who were there are right there in the photo. Maybe at some point they will offer a commentary, but I doubt it very much.
So before I click the link, you werent there , and are offering your opinion, and noone with any authority has given commentary.Do you have any idea what the Catholic Herald is? No? You probably should.
I would love to see evidence that Pope Francis has claimed that humans are equal to anything else. I think you’re raging at the wind here.However, the flavor of eco-theology I’ve seen in Pope Francis and some of his advisors is decidedly more towards an eco-theology where ‘everything is connected’ and that human beings are equal to everything on the planet and vice versa.
I haven’t seen this, but assuming you are correct, why is this a big problem? Aren’t we all connected in at least one obvious way: we share the same planet - one that we are currently doing our best to irreparably damage. In fact, extinctions are at one of the highest rates in the planet’s existence right now. Isn’t that a serious problem? Shouldn’t we discuss that?There is a big problem where there is a sign outside a church featuring a photo of a woman breastfeeding a child and a dog, encircled by the words ‘we are all connected,’ or ‘everything is connected.’ (Forgive me, I don’t have the exact quote).
Some do. And far more importantly, it is exactly within their power to tell the Church what to believe about the environment. That is why they exist.None of the bishops and the pope have zero education on environmental studies, I don’t think it is within their knowledge or power to tell the Church what to believe about the environment.
Refer to my previous explanation of ecotheology, which is entirely unrelated to what you think it is. But I would like some, any, actual evidence that this synod is promoting, or edging toward, in any way “earth worship.”Outside of that, this current brand of eco-theology is edging a little too close to pagan earth worship for my taste.
Has that ever happened?When I say that the current papacy is trying to endorse paganism, I mean that no solemn rite of the Catholic Church should include idols, blasphemous depictions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, phallic statues, etc.
I hate to break this to you, but that is precisely how Christianity has spread for the past two millennia. That’s precisely what the Council of Jerusalem was all about - how to spread the religion to non-Jews, how to integrate their customs into the new religion.nstrumentum document of the Synod saying things like how the Holy Spirit, of all people, taught the indigenous to honor the Father-Mother ‘God’ and that the Eucharist can be adapted to the needs of the local people, which reads very open to interpretation.
Funny but that’s exactly what I was thinking about the group that tries to convince people there’s nothing to see, move along…It isn’t the group that worries particularly me, but the people dragged into it unknowingly.
No. Not unless we’re talking about human extinction. Species extinction has been a part of the history of life ever since it first appeared on the planet. I’m glad that no one took action to preserve the dinosaurs.In fact, extinctions are at one of the highest rates in the planet’s existence right now. Isn’t that a serious problem? Shouldn’t we discuss that?
If you were touring the Amazon would you go to Mass that incorporated local cultural traditions though? After all we are talking about the Church deep South America. Not suburban Springfield, USA.In any case, I hope I never see a ritual like that at my local parish. It might cause a riot or empty the church.