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| 1995 photo shows Pope Leo XIV participating in Pachamama ritual |
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Posted by: Stone - 03-19-2026, 07:50 AM - Forum: Pope Leo XIV
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UNEARTHED: 1995 photo shows Pope Leo XIV participating in Pachamama ritual
Exclusive to LifeSiteNews, this explosive revelation will feature prominently in Fr. Charles Murr's forthcoming book on the new pontiff.
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Fr. Robert Prevost (now Pope Leo XIV) present at a Pachamama ritual in 1995
LifeSiteNews
Mar 18, 2026
(LifeSiteNews) — In an explosive revelation that will feature prominently in his forthcoming book on the new Pontiff, Faith & Reason co-host Father Charles Murr has confirmed that Pope Leo XIV – then Father Robert Francis Prevost, OSA, actively participated in a pagan Pachamama “Mother Earth” agricultural ritual while attending an official Augustinian theological symposium.
The story was first brought to light by Fr. Murr, who has spent months meticulously compiling documentation for his upcoming book on Leo XIV. Three Augustinian priests have now independently confirmed to Fr. Murr that Robert Prevost is clearly visible among the kneeling participants in the central photograph. Although none of the three were present at the 1995 ritual itself, they immediately and unmistakably recognized their confrere from the published image.
The image appears in the official proceedings of the IV Simposio-Taller “Lectura de San Agustín desde América Latina” (São Paulo, January 23-28, 1995), published as the book Ecoteología: Una Perspectiva desde San Agustín (México, 1996). The official caption beneath the photo of kneeling participants reads:
Quote:Celebración del Rito de la pachamama (madre tierra), que es un rito agrícola ofrecido por las culturas del Sur-Andino en el Perú y Bolivia.
Celebration of the Rite of Pachamama (Mother Earth), which is an agricultural rite offered by the cultures of the South-Andean region in Peru and Bolivia.
The same volume includes a large group photograph explicitly captioned “Foto de todos los participantes del Simposio Sao Paulo Brasil,” placing the future Pope squarely among the attendees of an event that openly celebrated the Pachamama ritual as part of its “ecotheology” program.
Fr. Murr told Faith & Reason: “The man who is now Leo XIV was documented kneeling in a pagan earth goddess ritual in an official gathering of his own religious order. The implications for the direction of the Church under this pontificate are profound.”
Fr. Murr has obtained high-resolution scans of the proceedings (including the clear kneeling Pachamama photograph) from the Salesian Central Library in Buenos Aires, Argentina (stamped call number 276.04 ACU :504 / 30.161, Biblioteca Central Salesiana, No. 30161).
This Faith & Reason exclusive marks the first public presentation of evidence that will form a central chapter in Fr. Charles Murr’s forthcoming book on Pope Leo XIV.
Another image from the book shows that in addition to the Pachamama ceremony, the participants celebrated a Mass, and Prevost (Leo) can be seen standing and holding hands with other participants in the same spot where the Pachamama ritual took place.
Yet another photo from the event, showing all the participants of the symposium, also confirms Prevost’s attendance.
LifeSite confirmed the photos of Leo at the ritual were in fact him by comparing images from the same period found in the Augustinian Spanish-language magazine OALA, where he is named “Roberto Prevost.”
On the Faith & Reason episode today, Fr. Murr noted how this violates the First Commandment and how the martyrs of the Church gave their lives rather than participate even slightly in ceremonies to false gods.
The Vatican Press Office was approached for comment but has not yet responded.
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| Leo XIV quotes Francis: "We need to accept courageously the newness of the Spirit..." |
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Posted by: Stone - 03-18-2026, 09:57 AM - Forum: Vatican II and the Fruits of Modernism
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Leo XIV quotes Francis: "We need to accept courageously the newness of the Spirit...."
From the very liberal outlet, Vatican News:
Pope Leo: Church in Amazonia must be sign of unity in diversity
Vatican News | March 17, 2026
Pope Leo XIV encourages the work of the Church in the Amazon Region to continue along the path of inculturation of the Gospel.
By Devin Watkins
Pope Leo XIV sent a video message on Tuesday to the 6th Assembly of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazonia (CEAMA), taking place in Bogota, Colombia.
He thanked the Bishops, clergy, consecrated religious, and lay faithful for attending this “privileged time of listening to the Holy Spirit in order to discern the path of the communities rooted in that region.”
Recalling people’s material and spiritual struggles in the Amazonia, the Pope expressed his closeness to all those whom the Church accompanies.
He encouraged the ecclesial assembly in its mission to formulate Synodal Pastoral Horizons to guide local Churches forward.
Pope Leo drew on the image of the shihuahuaco tree (Dipteryx micrantha), which grows very slowly but stands dozens of meters tall, can live over a thousand years, and creates an ecosystem for animal life.
“This can help us understand,” he said, “what the Church desires to be: a sign of unity in diversity and a safe refuge that generates and protects life.”
The Pope invited the Church in the Amazonia to keep its faith rooted in Christ and in His love, which the faithful should frequently contemplate in prayer.
“The present context requires an adequate response to the many social, environmental, cultural, and ecclesial challenges that persist in the Amazon, threatened by situations of abuse and exploitation,” he said.
In the midst of challenges, the Church must proclaim the kerygma and the new life in Christ, as she accompanies those who suffer and seeks to safeguard creation and respect life in all its forms, especially human life.
Pope Leo upheld the importance of inculturating the Gospel in local cultures, so as to manifest and celebrate the mystery of Christ more fully.
“Inculturation is a difficult but necessary path,” he said. “‘We need to accept courageously the newness of the Spirit, who is always capable of creating something new from the inexhaustible treasure of Jesus Christ’,” he added, quoting Querida Amazonia.
In conclusion, Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics in the Amazon Region to strengthen their identity as missionary disciples of Christ.
“Keep sowing in the furrow that has been watered even with the blood of so many men and women who have gone before you, and who, united to the passion of Christ, have become the root of a ‘giant tree’ growing in the Amazonia.”
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| Pachamama rituals linked to alleged human sacrifice in new report |
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Posted by: Stone - 03-18-2026, 09:53 AM - Forum: General Commentary
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Pachamama rituals linked to alleged human sacrifice in new report
InfoVaticana compiled media investigations and judicial rulings alleging ritual human sacrifices and burials associated with the Pachamama cult.
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Pachamama idols
Mar 17, 2026
(LifeSiteNews [slightly adapted - not all hyperlinks included from original]) — A new report published by InfoVaticana states that documented cases in Bolivia connect Pachamama rituals to human sacrifice.
On March 16, 2026, InfoVaticana published a report asserting that journalistic investigations and judicial findings in Bolivia have identified cases in which people were killed and offered in rituals associated with the Pachamama cult, particularly in mining contexts. These reports draw on previous coverage by Bolivian media and international outlets, citing specific criminal cases, testimonies, and ongoing investigations to support its claims.
“When innocent blood is incorporated into the rite, the phenomenon ceases to be merely pagan and reveals an unmistakably demonic dimension,” InfoVaticana’s report reads.
The report highlights a criminal case covered by the Bolivian newspaper rEl Debe on March 15, 2024. According to the source, a court in El Alto sentenced two men, age 56 and 68, to 20 and 30 years in prison, respectively, for crimes connected to the disappearance of a 25-year-old woman, Shirley H.R.A., in 2021. The prosecution charged them with aggravated human trafficking and criminal association. The victim, a mother of two, was last seen on October 20, 2021, when she was summoned to a location in El Alto by an acquaintance.
Judicial findings indicate that the woman was drugged, transported while unconscious, and taken to a local mine. There, according to the investigations, she was buried as an offering to Pachamama. The body has not been recovered, but the court accepted the reconstruction of events presented by the prosecution, which was based on eyewitness testimony and investigative evidence. It is not clear whether the burial took place while she was still alive, but it is considered plausible, given the sacrificial nature of the crime.
“Sacrifices follow the belief that Pachamama requires blood in order to be appeased, as they are a way of thanking her for the material goods received,” El Deber reads. “As part of the ritual, miners set up tables with incense, herbs, and roots, which they then sprinkle with alcohol and beer. They then slit the throats and extract the hearts of several llamas, in a ceremony known as wilancha.”
Further details reported by El Deber describe the involvement of multiple individuals. The victim was allegedly lured by a woman identified as a ritual practitioner, together with her husband. These individuals reportedly coordinated with others, including intermediaries who facilitated contact with miners. According to prosecutors, the participants received payment and resumed their normal activities, believing the crime would not be discovered.
InfoVaticana’s report also refers to a separate journalistic investigation published by La Prensa that included testimony from a ritual specialist, or yatiri. In that account, the practitioner stated that human offerings are still carried out, particularly in connection with construction projects and mining operations.
Pachamama is considered the “Mother Earth” of Andean cosmology, a divinity venerated by the Incas and by various indigenous peoples as the goddess of fertility and abundance. She remains central to traditional rituals in Peru, Bolivia, and other Andean regions.
Often syncretized with Christian elements, she represents one of the few surviving pagan cults that still involve not only vegetal offerings — especially coca leaves — but also animal sacrifices and, according to some testimonies, in extreme and criminal cases, even human ones.
Among the best‑known rites is the wilancha, in which animals, especially adult llamas and alpacas, are killed with the spilling of blood onto the earth as an offering. Another ritual involves the burial of llama fetuses, often dried or burned. These specimens are commonly found in local markets.
On October 4, 2019, in the Vatican Gardens on the eve of the Amazon Synod, Pope Francis took part in a pagan ceremony featuring Pachamama statues depicting nude, pregnant women and ritual dances. The pope “blessed” a statue. The statues were displayed in the church of Santa Maria in Traspontina, near the Vatican, and carried in procession to St. Peter’s Basilica, causing a serious scandal among Catholics.
On October 21, 2019, some Catholic laymen took three statues from the church and threw them into the Tiber River. On the following October 25, Francis publicly apologized for the incident: “As the bishop of the Diocese of Rome, I ask forgiveness from the people who were offended by this act.”
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| Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange: The Predominate Fault |
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Posted by: Stone - 03-17-2026, 09:21 AM - Forum: Resources Online
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THE PREDOMINATE FAULT
Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat, 1948
AFTER treating of the principal sins to be avoided and of their roots and consequences to be mortified, it is fitting that we discuss in a special way the predominant fault that exists in each of us. That we may proceed with order, we must first see in what this fault consists, then how to recognize or discern it, and lastly how to combat it.
DEFINITION OF THE PREDOMINANT FAULT
The predominant fault is the defect in us that tends to prevail over the others, and thereby over our manner of feeling, judging, sympathizing, willing, and acting. It is a defect that has in each of us an intimate relation to our individual temperament. [1] There are temperaments inclined to effeminacy, indolence, sloth, gluttony, and sensuality. Others are inclined especially to anger and pride. We do not all climb the same slope toward the summit of perfection: those who are effeminate by temperament must by prayer, grace, and virtue become strong; and those who are naturally strong, to the point of easily becoming severe, must, by working at themselves and by grace, become gentle.
Before this progressive transformation of our temperament, the predominant defect in the soul often makes itself felt. It is our domestic enemy, dwelling in our interior; for, if it develops, it may succeed in completely ruining the work of grace or the interior life. At times it is like a crack in a wall that seems to be solid but is not so; like a crevice, imperceptible at times but deep, in the beautiful facade of a building, which a vigorous jolt may shake to the foundations. For example, an antipathy, an instinctive aversion to someone, may, if it is not watched over and corrected by right reason, the spirit of faith, and charity, produce disasters in the soul and lead it to grave injustice. By yielding to such an antipathy, it does itself far more harm than it does its neighbor, for it is much more harmful to commit injustice than to be the object of it.
The predominant fault is so much the more dangerous as it often compromises our principal good point, which is a happy inclination of our nature that ought to develop and to be increased by grace. For example, a man is naturally inclined to gentleness; but if by reason of his predominant fault, which may be effeminacy, his gentleness degenerates into weakness, into excessive indulgence, he may even reach the complete loss of energy. Another, on the contrary, is naturally inclined to fortitude, but if he gives free rein to his irascible temperament, fortitude in him degenerates into unreasonable violence, the cause of every type of disorder.
In every man there is a mixture of good and bad inclinations; there is a predominant fault and also a natural quality. If we are in the state of grace, we have a special attraction of grace, which generally perfects first of all what is best in our nature, and then radiates over that which is less good. Some are thus more inclined toward contemplation, others toward action. Particular care must be taken that the predominant fault does not snuff out our principal natural quality or our special attraction of grace. Otherwise our soul would resemble a field of wheat invaded by tares or cockle, of which the Gospel speaks. And we have an adversary, the devil, who seeks to foster the growth of our predominant fault that he may place us in conflict with those who work with us in the Lord's field. Christ Himself tells us: "The kingdom of Heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field. But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat and went his way." [2] Christ explains that the enemy is the devil, [3] who seeks to destroy the work of God by creating disunion among those who, in a holy manner, ought to collaborate in the same work for eternity. He is skillful in exaggerating in our eyes the defects of our neighbor, in transforming a grain of sand into a mountain, in setting up, as it were, a magnifying glass in our imagination, that we may become irritated at our brethren instead of working with them. Considering all this, we can see what evil may spring up in each of us from our principal fault if we are not most attentive to it. At times it is like a devouring worm in a beautiful fruit.
HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE PREDOMINANT FAULT
Evidently it is of primary importance that we recognize our predominant fault and have no illusions about it. This is so much the more necessary as our adversary, the enemy of our soul, knows it quite well and makes use of it to stir up trouble in and about us. In the citadel of our interior life, which is defended by the different virtues, the predominant fault is the weak spot, undefended by the theological and moral virtues. The enemy of souls seeks exactly this easily vulnerable point in each one, and he finds it without difficulty. Therefore, we must recognize it also.
But how can we discern it? For beginners who are sincere, this is quite easy. But later the predominant fault is less apparent, for it tries to hide itself and to put on the appearances of a virtue: pride clothes itself in the outward appearances of magnanimity, and pusillanimity seeks to cover itself With those of humility. Yet we must succeed in discerning the predominant fault, for if we do not know it, we cannot fight it; and if we do not fight it, we have no true interior life.
That we may discern it, we must first of all ask God for light: "Lord, make me know the obstacles I more or less consciously place in the way of the working of Thy grace in me. Then give me the strength to rid myself of them, and, if I am negligent in doing so, do Thou deign to free me from them, though I should suffer greatly."
After thus asking sincerely for light, we must make a serious examination. How? By asking ourselves: "Toward what do my most ordinary preoccupations tend, in the morning when I awake, or when I am alone? Where do my thoughts and desires go spontaneously?" We should keep in mind that the predominant fault, which easily commands all our passions, takes on the appearance of a virtue and, if it is not opposed, it may lead to impenitence. Judas fell into impenitence through avarice, which he did not will to dominate; it led him to impenitence like a violent wind that hurls a ship on the rocks.
A second step in discerning the predominant fault, is to ask ourselves: "What is generally the cause or source of my sadness and joy? What is the general motive of my actions, the ordinary origin of my sins, especially when it is not a question of an accidental sin, but rather a succession of sins or a state of resistance to grace, notably when this resistance persists for several days and leads me to omit my exercises of piety?" Then we must seek sincerely to know the motive of the soul's refusal to return to the good.
In addition, we must ask ourselves: "What does my director think of this? In his opinion, what is my predominant fault? He is a better judge than I am." No one, in fact, is a good judge in his own case; here self-love deceives us. Often our director has discovered this fault before we have; perhaps he has tried more than once to talk to us about it. Have we not sought to excuse ourselves? Excuses come promptly, for the predominant fault easily excites all our passions: it commands them as a master, and they obey instantly. Thus, wounded self-love immediately excites irony, anger, impatience.
Moreover, when the predominant fault has taken root in us, it experiences a particular repugnance to being unmasked and fought, because it wishes to reign in us. This condition sometimes reaches such a point that, when our neighbor accuses us of this fault, we reply that we have many bad habits, but truly not the one mentioned. [4]
The predominant fault may also be recognized by the temptations that our enemy arouses most frequently in us, for he attacks us especially through this weak point in our soul.
Lastly, in moments of true fervor the inspirations of the Holy Ghost ask us for the sacrifice of this particular fault.
If we have sincere recourse to these different means of discernment, it will not be too difficult for us to recognize this interior enemy which we bear within ourselves and which enslaves us: "Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin," [5] says our Lord. It is like an interior prison that we bear about with us wherever we go. We must earnestly aspire to deliverance.
It would be a great grace for us if we were to meet a Saint who would say: "This is your predominant fault and this your principal attraction of grace which you must follow generously to reach union with God." In this way Christ applied the name, "sons of thunder" (Boanerges) [6] to the young Apostles James and John who wished to call down fire from Heaven on a city that had refused to receive them. We read in St. Luke: "He rebuked them, saying: You know not of what spirit you are. The Son of man came not to destroy souls, but to save." [7] In the school of the Savior, the Boanerges became such gentle souls that toward the end of his life St. John the Evangelist could say only one thing: "My little children, ... love one another." [8] When asked why he always repeated the same exhortation, he used to reply: "This is His commandment. ... And he that keepeth His commandments, abideth in Him and He in him." John had lost nothing of his ardor, of his thirst for justice, but it had become spiritualized and was accompanied by a great gentleness.
HOW TO COMBAT THE PREDOMINANT FAULT
Because the predominant fault is our principal interior enemy, we must combat it. When it is conquered, temptations are no longer very dangerous, but are rather occasions of progress.
The predominant fault is not conquered, however, as long as there is no true progress in piety or the interior life, as long as the soul has not attained to a true and stable fervor of will; in other words, to that promptness of the will in the service of God which is, according to St. Thomas, the essence of true devotion. [9] In this spiritual warfare, we must have recourse to three principal means: prayer, examination of conscience, and a sanction.
Our prayer must be sincere: "Lord, show me the principal obstacle to my sanctification, the one that hinders me from profiting by graces and also by the exterior difficulties that would work to the good of my soul if I had greater recourse to Thee when they arise." The Saints went so far as to say, as St. Louis Bertrand did: "Lord, here burn, here cut, and dry up in me all that hinders me from going to Thee, that Thou mayest spare me in eternity." Blessed Nicholas of Flue used to pray: "Lord, take from me everything that hinders me from going to Thee. Give me all that will lead me to Thee. Take me from myself and give me to Thyself."
This prayer does not dispense us from self-examination; on the contrary, it leads to it.
And, as St. Ignatius says, it is especially suitable for beginners to write down each week the number of times they have yielded to their predominant fault which seeks to reign in them like a despot. It is easier to laugh fruitlessly at this method than to apply it fruitfully. If we keep track of the money we spend and receive, it is still more useful to know what we lose and what we gain from the spiritual point of view for eternity.
It is also highly proper to impose a sanction, or penance, on ourselves each time we fall into this defect. This penance may take the form of a prayer, a moment of silence, an exterior or an interior mortification. It makes reparation for the fault and satisfaction for the penalty due it. At the same time we acquire more circumspection for the future. Thus many persons have cured themselves of the habit of cursing by imposing on themselves the obligation of giving an alms in reparation each time they fail.
Before conquering our predominant fault, our virtues are often, to speak more properly, natural good inclinations rather than true and solid virtues that have taken root in us. Prior to victory over this fault, the fountain of graces is not yet adequately opened on our soul, for we still seek ourselves too much and do not live sufficiently for God.
In addition, we must overcome pusillanimity, which leads us to think that our predominant fault cannot be eradicated. With grace we can overcome it, because, as the Council of Trent says, quoting St. Augustine: "God never commands the impossible; but in giving us His precepts, He commands us to do what we can, and to ask for the grace to accomplish what we cannot do." [10]
It has been said that the spiritual combat is in this case more necessary than victory, for, if we dispense ourselves from this struggle, we abandon the interior life, we no longer tend toward perfection. We must not make peace with our faults. Moreover, credence must not be given to our adversary when he seeks to persuade us that this struggle is suitable only for the Saints that they may reach the highest regions of spirituality. The truth is that without this persevering and efficacious struggle we cannot sincerely aspire to Christian perfection, toward which the supreme precept makes it a duty for all of us to tend. This precept is, in fact, without limit: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul and with all thy strength and with all thy mind: and thy neighbor as thyself." [11]
Without this struggle, there is no interior joy or peace, for the tranquillity of order or peace comes from the spirit of sacrifice. It alone establishes us interiorly in order by putting to death all that is inordinate in us. [12]
Lastly, charity, the love of God and of souls in God, finally prevails completely over the predominant fault; it then truly occupies the first place in our soul and reigns there effectively.
Mortification, which makes our principal fault disappear, delivers us and assures the predominance in our soul of our true natural qualities and of our special attraction of grace. Thus little by little, we grow to be ourselves, in the broad sense of the word, that is, to be supernaturally ourselves minus our defects. We do not have to copy in a more or less servile manner another's qualities, or enter a uniform mold that is the same for all. There is a great variety in human personalities, just as no two leaves or flowers are perfectly similar. But a person's temperament must not be crushed; it must be transformed while keeping whatever is good in it. In our temperament, our character must be the imprint of the acquired and infused virtues, especially of the theological virtues. Then, instead of instinctively referring everything to self, as is the case when the predominant fault reigns, we will turn everything back to God, think almost continually of Him, and live for Him alone; at the same time we will lead to Him those with whom we come into contact.
1. Our individual temperament is generally quite determined along one line, according to the principle, natura determinatur ad unum. This is why it must be perfected by the different virtues, which will permit us to act in a reasonable and Christian manner, under different circumstances, in relation to different people: for example, in relation to superiors, inferiors, and equals, and according to the various situations in which we are placed.
2. Matt. 13:24 f.
3. Ibid., 39.
4. St. Thomas would see in this an application of the principle formulated by Aristotle, which the Saint quotes often: Qualis unusquisque est, talis finis videtur ei; that is, "Every man judges of what is good according to his good or evil interior dispositions."
5. John 8:34.
6. Mark 3:17.
7. Luke 9:55 f.
8. See 1 John 3:18, 23.
9. Cf. IIa IIae, q. 82, a. 1 f.
10. Council of Trent, Sess. VI, chap. 2.
11. Luke 10:27.
12. Sloth is one of the predominant faults most difficult to overcome. However, success is possible with the help of grace.
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