The John-Henry Westen Show - October 31, 2019


Bishop Schneider praises expelling of 'Pachamama' idol at Amazon Synod


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Kazakh Bishop Athanasius Schneider has spoken out against the worship of pagan idols in the Vatican. He calls the ejecting of these idols from the church a heroic act which will go down in the annals of church history as bringing glory to the Christian name.

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00:00:00.000 As the Amazon Synod opened on October the 4th, people in the Vatican Gardens held a
00:00:06.760 pagan religious ceremony right in front of the Pope. They bowed down, faces to
00:00:12.680 the ground while on their knees, before carved nude pregnant statues. These same 0.98
00:00:19.200 statues were carried all around the Vatican, including into St. Peter's
00:00:22.800 Basilica. The scenes of pagan worship caused worldwide scandal. Non-Catholic 1.00
00:00:28.320 groups falsely accused Catholicism of idol worship by pointing to the televised
00:00:32.820 scenes. The silence for most of the hierarchy was deafening. Until now. On
00:00:39.660 October 21st, the Pachamama statues were removed from a church containing Amazon
00:00:44.220 displays and thrown into the Tiber River. Kazakhstan Bishop Athanasius Schneider has
00:00:51.120 spoken out. He called the ejecting of these idols from the church a heroic act
00:00:56.220 which will go down in the annals of church history as bringing glory to the Christian 0.99
00:01:00.720 name.
00:01:02.720 This is John Henry Weston for LifeSite News and I am so excited to share with you the
00:01:07.560 words of outspoken Kazakhstan Bishop Athanasius Schneider, which he shared with
00:01:12.420 LifeSite over the weekend and I encourage you of course to read the full statement at
00:01:16.380 LifeSite, but here are the highlights. And I quote,
00:01:20.560 You shall have no other gods before me, says the Lord God, as the first of the
00:01:24.900 commandments. And that's how Kazakhstan Bishop Athanasius Schneider begins his
00:01:30.900 awesome open letter addressing the idolatry scandal in the Vatican. Here are some more
00:01:35.700 quotes and I quote,
00:01:37.060 Syncretism and paganism are like poisons entering the veins of the mystical body of
00:01:43.560 Christ the church. And I quote again,
00:01:46.320 As a successor to the apostles entrusted with care for God's flock, I cannot remain silent
00:01:52.760 in the face of the blatant violation of God's holy will and the disastrous consequences it
00:01:59.280 will have upon individual souls, the church as a whole, and indeed the entire human race.
00:02:05.340 It is therefore with great love for the souls of my brothers and sisters that I write this
00:02:10.700 message. And he said my quote again, Catholics cannot accept any pagan worship nor any syncretism
00:02:18.880 between pagan beliefs and the practices and those of the Catholic church. The acts of worship of
00:02:26.420 kindling a light or bowing of prostrating or profoundly bowing to the ground and dancing before an
00:02:33.600 unclothed female statue which represents neither our lady nor a canonized saint of the church violates
00:02:40.380 the first commandment of God. You shall have no other gods before me. Incredible. Let's continue.
00:02:48.420 He said,
00:02:49.460 All true Catholics who still have the spirit of the apostles and the Christian martyrs should
00:02:54.920 weep about the pagan ceremonies which took place in the eternal city of Rome. This is likely my favorite
00:03:01.860 quote. And he said, and this is kudos to you young men who had the courage to expel those Pachamama idols 0.97
00:03:12.300 from the church in Rome. He said, and I quote,
00:03:15.680 Amid the consternation and shock over the abomination perpetrated by the syncretistic religious acts in the 1.00
00:03:23.880 Vatican. The entire church and the world has witnessed a highly meritorious and courageous and praiseworthy
00:03:32.260 act of some brave Christian gentleman who on October the 21st expelled the wooden idolatrous statues from 0.99
00:03:41.080 the church of Santa Maria and Transplantina in Rome and threw them into the Tiber. Like a new Maccabees,
00:03:48.340 they acted in the spirit of holy wrath of our Lord who expelled the merchants from the temple of 1.00
00:03:53.920 Jerusalem with a whip. The gestures of these Christian men will be recorded in the annals of 1.00
00:04:00.680 church history as a heroic act which brought glory to the Christian name. While the acts of the high-ranking
00:04:09.460 churchmen, on the contrary, who defiled the Christian name in Rome will go down in history as cowardly and
00:04:17.720 treacherous acts of ambiguity and syncretism.
00:04:25.900 He continued,
00:04:27.140 In view of the requirements of the authentic worship and adoration of the one true God,
00:04:33.680 the most blessed Trinity, and Christ our Savior, in virtue of my ordination as a Catholic bishop and
00:04:40.720 successor to the apostles, and in true fidelity and love for the Roman pontiff, the successor of Peter,
00:04:46.960 and for his task to preside over the Cathedral of Truth, I condemn the veneration of the pagan symbol
00:04:57.580 of Pachamama in the Vatican gardens in St. Peter's Basilica and in the Roman church of Santa Maria and
00:05:04.300 Transplantina. It would be good for all true Catholics, first and foremost bishops, and then also priests and 0.90
00:05:12.140 lay faithful to form a worldwide chain of prayers and acts of reparation for the abomination of the
00:05:19.580 veneration of wooden idols perpetrated in Rome during the Amazon Synod.
00:05:24.760 Faced with such an evident scandal, it is impossible that a Catholic bishop would remain silent. It would be unworthy of a
00:05:35.240 successor of the apostles. The first in the church who should condemn such acts and do reparation is Pope
00:05:44.140 Francis." And all I can say is amen to everything we've just heard from Bishop Schneider. He actually continued and he said,
00:05:53.300 "...with tears in one's eyes and with sincere sorrow in the heart, one should offer to God prayers of intercession
00:06:00.740 and reparation for the eternal salvation of Pope Francis, the vicar of Christ on earth, and the salvation of those
00:06:07.700 Catholic priests and faithful who perpetrated such acts of worship, which are forbidden by divine revelation." Bishop Schneider concluded his remarks, his statement, with a prayer. And part of that prayer reads,
00:06:23.060 "...this way, look especially upon the tears and contrite and humble sighs of the little ones in the church.
00:06:30.500 Look upon the tears and prayers of the little children, of the adolescents, of the young men and young women, of fathers and mothers, of family, and also true Christian heroes, who in their zeal for your glory and in their love for Mother Church threw in the water the symbols of abomination which defiled her.
00:06:51.220 "...have mercy on us and spare us, O Lord." I must encourage you again, go read the whole statement from Bishop Schneider on LifeSite News.
00:07:03.220 "...God has indeed raised up a bishop, Bishop Athanasius Schneider, at this time of crisis in his church, to be his voice, to defend the faith, and it is so encouraging, it is awe-inspiring, to have a shepherd willing to lay down his life for his flock."
00:07:20.220 Let's pray for Bishop Schneider. And as he recommends, let us all offer prayers of intercession and reparation for the eternal salvation of the soul of Pope Francis, which, as we have seen, is in danger.
00:07:34.220 For LifeSite News, this is John Henry Weston, and may God bless you.
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