Cdl. Burke Rebukes Church’s Pagan Idolatry, by Jules Gomes

By Jules Gomes, Church Militant, March 23, 2020

Coronavirus memo calls faithful to prayer and penance

ROME (ChurchMilitant.com) – A leading traditionalist cardinal is calling upon Catholics to reflect upon the coronavirus calamity in the light of society’s rebellion against God and “even within the Church, a paganism which worships nature and the earth.”

“There are those within the Church who refer to the earth as our mother, as if we came from the earth, and the earth is our salvation,” laments Cdl. Raymond Burke, alluding to the veneration of Pachamama in the Vatican during the October Amazon Synod.

Society is not merely “indifferent” to God, but “openly rebellious” toward Him and the created order, writes Burke, citing commonplace violence, “attacks on the innocent and defenseless unborn,” and “on those who are heavily burdened with serious illness, advanced years, or special needs.”

The prelate further deplores “the devastating effect on individuals and families of the so-called gender theory,” in his letter from Rome, published on his website Saturday. ….

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