Pope Francis announced Friday that the fertility statuettes tossed in the Tiber River had been recovered and suggested he may have them placed in Saint Peter’s Basilica for the final Mass of the Amazon synod.
The former chief of the Vatican’s doctrinal office said Thursday that Amazonian ‘idols’ depicting a naked pregnant woman should never have been placed in a Catholic church.
Pope Francis said Wednesday that Christianity is a big tent that welcomes everyone, including pagans, but insists that they “reject idolatry and all its expressions” as a condition for following Christ.
Wooden Amazon fertility statuettes were removed from a church near the Vatican and thrown into the Tiber River Monday.
