In this episode, Steve breaks down the bad news and the good that has followed in the wake of the extremely tumultuous Amazon Synod. There’s undeniably a lot of bad news, but there are also signs of hope. There’s a …
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Worldwide Days of Prayer and Reparation for Amazon Synod Idolatry on Nov. 9th & 10th
I have been working on the latest episode (#53) of the 1P5 podcast for the past couple of days that, unfortunately, was delayed due to some technical issues. These have since been resolved, but I’m still editing, and won’t have …

The Man Who Threw the Pachamama Idols into the Tiber Reveals His Identity
In a video released this morning, a young Austrian Catholic man named Alexander Tschugguel identifies himself as “the guy who threw the Pachamama idols into the river Tiber.” He explains how he came into contact with the idols after attending conferences …

Bishop Schneider Publishes Open Letter Condemning Pachamama Idolatry
In a new open letter published today, Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan, invoking his “ordination as a Catholic bishop and successor to the Apostles,” condemns the use of the pagan “Pachamama” idols in the churches in Rome and praises …

Pope Refers to Disputed Wooden Statues as “Pachamama” in Official Remarks
In official remarks made at the Vatican today, Pope Francis referred to the controversial wooden carvings of a naked, pregnant female that first appeared at a pre-synod ceremony in the Vatican gardens on October 4 as “statues of pachamama.” Pachamama …

The Vatican is Gaslighting You. Again.
At the presser for the Amazon Synod today, Vaticanista Sandro Magister said the video of the ceremony in the Vatican gardens before the synod has now gone viral among evangelicals and Pentecostals. “This video is used as a weapon to accuse …

1P5 Minute Ep. 13 – Amazonian Idols Thrown in the Tiber!
Early this morning, some Catholic men entered St. Maria in Traspontina, near the Vatican, grabbed several of the ugly wooden fertility statues folks have identified as the Andean fertility goddess and pan-amazonian Mother Earth icon Pachamama, and tossed them into …

Amazonians: The Vatican’s Beloved Specimens, Preserved in Amber
It is considered insensitive, even Hobbesian, to use the word “primitive” in speaking of primordial cultures. Encyclopedia Britannica identifies the phrase primitive culture as belonging to “the lexicon of early anthropologists.” Sir Edward Burnett Tylor, father of cultural anthropology, wrote …

Magister: Married Deacons Are Offering “Mass” in the Amazon — and the Pope Permitted It
Vaticanista Sandro Magister reported today that a video of 79-year-old Fr. Giovanni Nicolini, an Italian priest of some stature (and a “protagonist of Vatican II”), has surfaced in which Nicolini claims that in the Amazon region, married deacons are offering “mass” …
Querida Amazonia: What Does It Say about Priestly Celibacy?
Let’s put the thing everyone wants to know right out in front: no, the post-synodal apostolic exhortation Querida Amazonia does not, within its text, explicitly provide for the ordination of “viri probati” — married men, likely married permanent deacons — to …
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