From Infidel753:
Much of the traditionalists’ angst, however, has been focused on a ritual which was performed in the Vatican gardens at the beginning of the synod. This involved several Amazonian natives in traditional headdresses including a “shaman”, who prostrated themselves around a blanket scattered with various symbolic objects including two carved wooden statuettes of pregnant women. There was also a tree-planting. Several high-ranking Catholic clerics, including the Pope, were present. It all appeared very pagan, and traditionalists reacted with horror to such a spectacle unfolding within the sacred precincts of the Vatican.
Particular concern has focused on the pregnant statuettes, several of which are now set up in various places in the Vatican. Synod officials have been vague about what they represent, but they’re widely believed to be idols of “Pachamama”, a “Mother Earth” goddess worshiped in a number of native Amazonian cultures. Comment threads on traditionalist Catholic sites have been rife with calls for them to be removed from the Vatican and destroyed — by force and against the will of Church officials, if necessary.
Well, yesterday these calls were answered. Two men entered the church of Santa Maria Transpontina near St. Peter’s Basilica, removed five of the statuettes, and threw them in the Tiber river. They posted a video of the act and a short statement reading in part “Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, his Blessed Mother, and everybody who follows Christ, are being attacked by members of our own Church. We do not accept this! We do not longer stay silent! We start to act NOW!”