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Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Direct Action Beats Legislation

The [Church of Rome's] Amazon Synod has been full of scandal. It started when the opening ceremony in the Vatican garden was full of earth worship and what appeared to be idol worship happening right in front of the pope with his blessing. One doesn't have to be an art major to recognize ancient fertility goddesses. 
The ensuing outrage that occurred among traditional Catholics went unanswered by Rome. In the face of this silence, unidentified Catholics took matters into their own hands and walked into the church next to St. Peter's where the images were displayed and removed them and threw them into the Tiber.
You know, you would have thought, after all of the scandal, that they had learned their lesson about giving their parishioners the silent treatment.
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