“I am Cristeros”: Catholics worldwide support men who tossed Amazon ‘Pachamama’ idols into Tiber

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

“I am Cristeros”: Catholics worldwide support men who tossed Amazon ‘Pachamama’ idols into Tiber

VATICAN CITY, October 22, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — Numerous Catholics around the world are celebrating the removal and destruction of statues believed to be pagan fertility idols from a Catholic church in Rome yesterday by Catholic men who remain anonymous.

Support for the unknown men who filmed themselves this week collecting the wooden figures from the Church of Santa Maria in Traspontina and throwing them into the Tiber has not abated on social media since the video of the event was released. Twitter users are using #Splashamama to celebrate the event.

The group responsible for the Amazonian “spirituality” display in the Catholic church, the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM), appeared to condemn, without mentioning it specifically, the removal and destruction of the “Pachamama” statues. The group, which advocates on behalf of Amazon peoples and is headed by synod leader Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, has allegedly reported the incident to police.

Numerous Catholics from around the world, however, have acted in solidarity with the Pachamama-destroyers, claiming to have done the deed themselves.

“I am Cristeros,” a play on “I am Spartacus,” has become a Twitter meme.

In a climactic scene in the 1960 film Spartacus, a group of escaped slaves who have been recaptured by the Romans are told they will receive mercy if they identify their leader, Spartacus. As the leader stands up to give himself up, he is joined by all the slaves in an act of solidarity, each proclaiming himself to be Spartacus and all thus showing themselves to willingly share in their leader’s fate of capital punishment.

Catholic Twitter user Deacon Nick Donnelly of England tweeted that if the group behind the Amazon Synod wants to “identify” the Pachamama-destroyers, then “I am Cristeros.”

“Edward Pentin reports on EWTN Vatican that REPAM, the group behind the Amazon Synod intend to take action against the Cristeros heroes who tossed the idols into the Tiber. They are seeking to identify them,” he wrote. “I am Cristeros.”

The virtual cry was taken up by Krystal Wasser, who tweeted, “I am Cristeros. Come and get me.”

Another responded, “#IamCristeros. ¡Viva Cristo Rey y Santa María de Guadalupe!” (“Long live Christ the King and Our Lady of Guadalupe!”)

“I am Cristeros,” tweeted Brigid Costello of Ireland.

The comments continue to pour out from Twitter users from the United States, Canada, Italy, and Spain.

Writer Austin Ruse, president of the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam), quipped, “Pachamama sleeps with the fishes. I did it. I dunked her. But I give Pachamama thanks for getting me from 4950 [Twitter] followers to 5,000.”

The Cristeros were Mexican Catholics who, dissatisfied with peaceful protest, rose up in armed rebellion against the anti-clerical Mexican government in 1927. The rebels, who dedicated themselves to Christ the King, called themselves Cristeros. Their battle cry was ¡Viva Cristo Rey! ¡Viva la Vírgen de Guadalupe! (Long live Christ the King! Long live the Virgin of Guadalupe!)

John Zmirak, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism, told LifeSiteNews that putting the wooden figures in Roman churches was a “hate crime.”

“The enshrinement of pagan idols in churches at the Vatican was a hate crime against every Catholic alive ― and against our pagan ancestors who abandoned such demonic fetishes for the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jesus,” Zmirak stated.

“Imagine if some apostate imam had enshrined a taxidermied pig on top of the Qaaba in Mecca, or some self-hating rabbi had sprayed the Western Wall with swastikas. That’s how bad this was,” he continued.

“The brave members of the Church who tossed those crude sex-magick totems into the Tiber deserve our thanks and support.”

Zmirak said he wishes priests and bishops were as animated as these unknown men in their defense of the Catholic faith.

“If the Vatican identifies and prosecutes these courageous Catholics, [the men] should in turn file hate crime charges with the Italian government against the organizations that colluded in profaning these historic churches,” he concluded.

Stefanie Nicholas at OnePeterFive said the destruction of the Pachamamas was a “real win against the Modernists.”

“For the first time in a long time,” she wrote, “as Pachamama sank to the bottom of the river Tiber, the Catholic faithful took a real win against the Modernists. Let us remember this moment of victory, and be stubborn in maintaining our motivation to fight for the Church, with all of the weapons near at hand.”

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DPCOctober 24, 2019 at 4:14 PM
No Christian should ever want to go backwards towards the paganism of old.
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1 John 5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
Catena Bible:
Cyprian of Carthage:
Of this same thing in the first book of Kings: "If a man sin by offending against a man, they shall pray the Lord for him; but if a man sin against God, who shall pray for him? "
George Leo Haydock: AD 1849 A sin unto death. Some understand this of final impenitence, or of dying in mortal sin, which is the only sin that never can be remitted; but, it is probable, he may also comprise under this name the sin of apostasy from the faith, and some other such heinous sins as are seldom and hardly remitted: and therefore he gives little encouragement to such as pray for these sinners, to expect what they ask. (Challoner)
heinous ˈhā-nəs ADJECTIVE hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable

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We will recognize them by their fruits.

Prayer to St. Michael

Please protect us, St. Michael the Archangel, against violence, murder, and robbery. In your goodness preserve us today from all the malice of sinful and wicked persons. In your sleepless vigilance watch over the safety and welfare of our homes, and keep guard over our possessions. Ever hold in your special care, most triumphant St. Michael, the forces of public order against the crimes of evil people, and defend all honest citizens in time of peril. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Novena Prayer to St. Michael

(Pray for nine consecutive days)
Saint Michael the Archangel, loyal champion of God and His Catholic people, I turn to thee with confidence and seek thy powerful intercession. For the love of God, Who hast made thee so glorious in grace and power, and for the love of the Mother of Jesus, the Queen of the Angels, be pleased to hear my prayer.
Thou knowest the value of my soul in the eyes of God. May no stain of evil ever disfigure its beauty. Help me to conquer the evil spirit who tempts me. I desire to imitate thy loyalty to God and Holy Mother Church and thy great love for God and men. And since thou art God’s messenger for the care of His people, I entrust to thee this special request: (here mention your request).
Saint Michael, since thou art, by the will of the Creator, the powerful intercessor of Christians, I have great confidence in thy prayers. I earnestly trust that if it is God’s holy will, my petition will be granted.
Pray for me, Saint Michael, and also for those I love. Protect us in all dangers of body and soul. Help us in our daily needs. Through thy powerful intercession, may we live a holy life, die a happy death and reach Heaven where we may praise and love God with thee forever. Amen.
Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory Be.
St. Michael, Guardian of souls, Vanquisher of rebel spirits, Pray for us.

St John Chrysostom

Our Lord having reproached the Jews with blindness, they might have said, We are not blind, but we avoid you as a deceiver. Our Lord therefore gives the marks which distinguish a robber and deceiver from a true shepherd. First come those of the deceiver and robber: Verily, verily, I say to you, He that enters not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. There is an allusion here to Antichrist, and to certain false Christs who had been, and were to be. The Scriptures He calls the door. They admit us to the knowledge of God, they protect the sheep, they shut out the wolves, they bar the entrance to heretics. He that uses not the Scriptures, but climbs up some other way, i.e. some self-chosen, some unlawful way, is a thief. Climbs up, He says, not, enters, as if it were a thief getting over a wall, and running all risks. Some other way, may refer too to the commandments and traditions of men which the Scribes taught, to the neglect of the Law. When our Lord further on calls Himself the Door, we need not be surprised. According to the office which He bears, He is in one place the Shepherd, in another the Sheep. In that He introduces us to the Father, He is the Door, in that He takes care of us, He is the Shepherd. (Catena Aurea)

LIBERTAS ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON THE NATURE OF HUMAN LIBERTY
35. And as to tolerance, it is surprising how far removed from the equity and prudence of the Church are those who profess what is called liberalism. For, in allowing that boundless license of which We have spoken, they exceed all limits, and end at last by making no apparent distinction between truth and error, honesty and dishonesty. And because the Church, the pillar and ground of truth, and the unerring teacher of morals, is forced utterly to reprobate and condemn tolerance of such an abandoned and criminal character, they calumniate her as being wanting in patience and gentleness, and thus fail to see that, in so doing, they impute to her as a fault what is in reality a matter for commendation. But, in spite of all this show of tolerance, it very often happens that, while they profess themselves ready to lavish liberty on all in the greatest profusion, they are utterly intolerant toward the Catholic Church, by refusing to allow her the liberty of being herself free.

“If you want to be certain of being in the number of the Elect, strive to be one of the few, not one of the many. And if you would be quite sure of your salvation, strive to be among the fewest of the few; that is to say, do not follow the great majority of mankind, but follow those who enter upon the narrow way, who renounce the world, who give themselves to prayer, and who never relax their efforts by day or night, so that they may attain everlasting blessedness.” -Saint Anselm, Father and Doctor of the Church

PRAYER TO SAINT JOSEPH, THE PROTECTOR OF CHRISTIAN FAMILIES Great Saint Joseph, who wast chosen of God to be the head of the holiest and most august of families, deign to cast thy eyes upon us, and take us this day under thy special protection. Holy Patriarch, model of the holiest faith, and of the most perfect virtues, obtain for all the members of this family grace to withstand the dangers and seductions of the world, and to remain stedfastly attached to the LORD. Obtain for us that, always united by the bonds of the most tender charity, and encouraging one another mutually in good works, we may taste under thy auspices the sweetness of that peace which JESUS has promised to His true disciples. But above all, when our last hour shall come, obtain for us that we may find grace before the Sovereign Judge, so that, reunited in heaven at the foot of Thy Throne, we may celebrate everlastingly the glory of GOD and thy praise. Amen.

St. Vincent Ferrer -- Sermon on the Last Judgment: In the same way, in the time of Antichrist, the Sun of justice will be obscured by the interposition of temporal goods and the wealth which Antichrist will bestow on the world, inasmuch as the brightness of faith in Jesus Christ and the glow of good lives will no longer shine among Christians. For, lest they should lose their dominion, temporal rulers, kings and princes will range themselves on the side of Antichrist. In like manner, prelates for fear of losing their dignities, and religious and priests to gain honors and riches, will forsake the Faith of Christ and adhere to Antichrist.

Neither living nor lifeless faith remains in a heretic who disbelieves one article of faith. The reason of this is that the species of every habit depends on the formal aspect of the object, without which the species of the habit cannot remain. Now the formal object of faith is the First Truth, as manifested in Holy Writ and the teaching of the Church, which proceeds from the First Truth. Consequently whoever does not adhere, as to an infallible and Divine rule, to the teaching of the Church, which proceeds from the First Truth manifested in Holy Writ, has not the habit of faith, but holds that which is of faith otherwise than by faith. Even so, it is evident that a man whose mind holds a conclusion without knowing how it is proved, has not scientific knowledge, but merely an opinion about it. Now it is manifest that he who adheres to the teaching of the Church, as to an infallible rule, assents to whatever the Church teaches; otherwise, if, of the things taught by the Church, he holds what he chooses to hold, and rejects what he chooses to reject, he no longer adheres to the teaching of the Church as to an infallible rule, but to his own will. Hence it is evident that a heretic who obstinately disbelieves one article of faith, is not prepared to follow the teaching of the Church in all things; but if he is not obstinate, he is no longer in heresy but only in error. Therefore it is clear that such a heretic with regard to one article has no faith in the other articles, but only a kind of opinion in accordance with his own will. (Saint Thomas Aquinas. Summa Theologica, II-II, q. 5, a. 3)