It certainly wasn’t a Christian one. The Vatican press secretary even said so. In fact the Vatican is being vague and neither confirming or denying that it is pagan or Christian.
So still no one has said it was a pagan service have they ? no need to answer that.
And have you have watched it in its entirety.
The fact of the matter is la tribal leader that lives in the Amazon says that it is pagan.
Upthread it is said he comes from another part of the world completely. So his knowledge won’t be for the Amazon. He was discussing a smoking ceremony
I distinctly remember Popes and clergy and world leaders being smoked in smoking ceremonies for other indigenous groups, including Australian Aboriginals , American Indians, to name a couple.
I trust in the Holy Spirit, I trust in God. I trust in His Vicar on earth, Holy Father Pope Francis. He knows what he is doing.
In the Acts of the Apostles, the Apostles didn’t tell the newly converted pagans to keep their old traditions and books.
Are you aware of the prevalence of cultural appropriation of pagan symbols and myths in the growth of Early Christianity.
Even St Paul did it with the unknown God. He said, that is the One God. He appropriated that idol for his teaching and explaining to a group of gentiles who God is. And that was pretty common. You know the image of Christ with the sheep around his neck, it comes from the Catacombs and is appropriated from another image. Not a Christian image. But used now for representation of Christ.
The Church is doing what it has always done, allowing people to come to their own understanding of the one true God in their own culture and their own unique understanding.
