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[Commentary] Pachamama is a Demon: Testimony from a Protestant 'Missionary' - Stone - 01-05-2022 Pachamama is a Demon: Testimony from a [Protestant] 'Missionary'
Taken from here As many of you know, I was raised a protestant. I love the many good men and women who helped me learn to love the Lord Jesus Christ, a love that has now found fulfillment in His Catholic Church. But these are disturbing days. In particular, I refer to the blessing, and welcoming of a pagan idol—a demon—by Pope Francis into the Vatican, and St. Peter’s Basilica itself in October, 2019 as part of the Amazon Synod. Many better and holier men than me have written about this scandalous event. I refer chiefly to Archbishop Viganò, whose August 2018 Testimony exposed to an unprecedented degree the amount of corruption and perversion currently at work in the Church, and at the behest of many of Her most powerful prelates, including Pope Francis himself. “The abomination of idolatrous rites has entered the sanctuary of God,” he said in a November 2019 interview on the Pachamama scandal. In March of 2020, he called on Pope Francis to “convert” (repent) for this sacrilegious act. Likewise, Catholic theologian Douglas Farrow has written two compelling pieces on the Amazon Synod, The Amazon Synod Is a Sign of the Times, and Reading the Signs of the Times. Cardinal Raymond Burke has said that “diabolical forces” entered St. Peter’s Basilica through the idolatrous Pachamama event. Finally, 100+ Catholic theologians, priests, and laymen signed a Protest Against Pope Francis’s Sacrilegious Acts in response to the Pachamama fiasco. In short, this very disturbing event has been commented on by far greater men than me, and it is to them I primarily refer you. So why do I write this blog post today? Because of a recent, again disturbing encounter with a Catholic Bishop over Twitter. I won’t mention his name, but in our interaction, he claimed that Pachamama was just a “cultural symbol.” Addressing him with the respect due to him as “Your Excellency,” I protested that his statement simply wasn’t true. I suggested he check out standard encyclopedic reference sources to see that this was so. I included a link to the Encyclopedia Britannica entry on “Pachamama,” which simply says “Andean deity.” When I informed the Bishop about this, he merely said, “Happy Holy Week.” That’s it. In the same encyclopedia’s entry on “Nature Worship,” Pachamama is described as the “Andean earth-mother figure…worshiped by the Peruvians.” In the entry on “Bolivia,” we find this line: “Some characteristics of pantheistic pre-Columbian religion have survived in the Indian communities of the Altiplano, especially the worship of Pachamama, the goddess of the Earth.” [Emphasis added] In an entry on “Inca religion,” we read that “Earth was called Pachamama (Paca Mama), or Earth Mother.” Encyclopedia.com contains these words in its entry on Pachamama: “Pachamama, the earth mother goddess of the Incas. Pachamama was an agricultural deity worshiped with regard to fertility and the protection of the crops…” In short, it is quite clear that Pachamama is no mere “cultural symbol.” She is an earth goddess, a pagan idol, the “Mother Earth” worshiped by pre-Christian pagans. As the Psalmist reminds us (Ps. 96:5), “For all the gods of the peoples are idols.” Some translations put “demons” for “idols.” No one had stronger words about such demons than St. Paul (1 Cor. 10:20-22): No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? ![]() The pagan altar at the foot of the cross. While you cannot see it clearly in this picture, my friend said that the altar had the name “Pachamama” clearly written on it (provided by my friend).
![]() Satanic pentagram near the Pachamama altar at the foot of a cross; the burn marks on the ground in the background are from other pagan altars and rituals (provided by my friend).
Throughout this debacle, I kept having a vague memory about having heard about this “Pachamama” before. Then I remembered that when I was in my early 20’s (still a protestant), I had a dear friend who had been on multiple missionary trips to South America. On most of those trips, he frequently encountered syncretistic Catholic-pagan sites and practices, some even having to do with Pachamama. The stories he relayed to me were disturbing. I recently asked this protestant friend to write a “testimony” about some of his encounters with Pachamama on his missionary trips, given recent events, and particularly the claims by some Catholic Bishops that Pachamama is a mere “cultural symbol.” Not only does his account refute that notion, but it testifies to a very disturbing acquiescence in this pagan cult by at least some of the Catholic Church in South America. Additionally, this friend spoke of multiple masonic symbols placed around these altar areas, as well as on top of Catholic Churches. Locals, he said, would tell them, and point out the many places where “There is a good deal of pagan religion down here that is mixed with Catholicism, and masonic symbolism.” Suffice it to say, the idea that Pachamama is just a “cultural symbol” is asinine. It is false, and don’t let any Prince of the Church who should know better, as a shepherd of the flock, tell you otherwise. I pray for them every single day on my Rosary, because they will be held to account, and I want them in Heaven. He shall remain anonymous, but my friend has agreed to share his “Testimony Against Pachamama” with the world. Quote: Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us! |