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Mere days after meeting with Jesuit homosexualist, Francis witnesses pagan ceremony in garden


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Mere days after Francis granted an audience to Jesuit Homosexualist Activist James Martin for a photo op, the same Francis sat in the Vatican gardens in front of a S. American totem of what very much appears to be a man ... ready for sex.  HERE
On the other hand, some say that, from a different angle, what is protruding is an arm.  HERE
You decide.  I might add, does anyone think of the optics of these moments?  Is there no one who walks around it and says, "No... that's not gonna fly!"?
Whether Francis knew that his schedule was going to include the premier homosexualist in the Church on that day, or whether he knew what sort of pagan idols and other B as in B, S as in S, he was going to witness venerated or not... it's beside the point.
Someone close to Francis wants this sort of thing to happen.
The context is at CNS.   It is horrible reading.  HERE
It was a pagan ceremony in the Vatican gardens.  There's no way around it.
Nearby, a while back, Francis stood by at the planting of a "peace tree" during which an imam prayed a prayer associated with claiming territory for Islam.  Yes, really.  HERE
It may be that Francis was shocked at what he saw.  He put aside his prepared remarks and merely said an Our Father.
I would have said a hell of lot more than that.
On the eve of the Synod ("walking together").   What was it we read about in Windswept House before Vatican II.  US HERE – UK HERE
My mind is free associating of course.  Jet lag, you know.  But wasn't there some sort of ceremony?  Memory escapes me.
Ceremony... important meeting heralding upheaval...
Can't shake it.
UPDATE:
I guess you can shake it.  Watch this.   HERE
https://wdtprs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/19_10_04_Pagan_Vatican_Garden_Amazon_01.mp4
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