Leo XIV’s Peru Visit Prepared By Pachamama Offering

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‘Unusually powerful’ earthquake hits city where Pachamama idolatry performed
While earthquakes may not always be the result of God's punishment, they have historically been associated with it.

Aug 21, 2026
CUSCO, Peru (LifeSiteNews [adapted]) — A massive 6.7-magnitude earthquake could be felt in Cusco, Peru, Thursday afternoon, a week after a Vatican official participated in a Pachamama ritual there alongside two Catholic bishops.

The “unusually powerful earthquake,” which struck near Arequipa on August 20, could be felt by about 2.4 million people, including those in Cusco, but resulted in no deaths and minimal injuries and structural damage, per Earthquakelist.org and other news outlets.

Exactly a week earlier, on August 13, during a conference in the same Peruvian city ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s November visit to the country, Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, a priest and canon lawyer who serves in the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and as papal commissioner for clerical sexual abuse cases, took an active part in an Andean ritual dedicated to Pachamama, which involved coca leaves, food offerings, and guided breathing exercises.

Earthquakes have historically been associated with God’s divine punishment for sin.

Video shared with Spanish news outlet InfoVaticana showed Bertomeu placing coca leaves among the ritual offerings. Bishop Lizardo Estrada Herrera, secretary-general of CELAM (Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council), and Bishop Miguel Ángel Cadenas of Iquitos, Peru, were also in attendance during the pagan ritual.

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