(ANSA) - Vatican City, November 12 - Around 100 Catholic
conservatives have signed a letter to Pope Francis claiming he
performed "sacrilegious and superstitious acts" with a statuette
of the Amazon fertility goddess Pachamama in the Vatican gardens
during the recent synod on the Amazon, sources said Tuesday.
Statuettes of the pregnant goddess were stolen from a church
near the Vatican and thrown into the Tiber during the synod.
Now a group form various countries, mainly university
lecturers but also some religious, have returned to the case.
The petition has been carried on websites and blogs critical
of Francis' pontificate, including the Italian 'Stilum Curiae' e
the American 'LifeSiteNews'.
Rightwing conservatives have long criticised the pope's
allegedly liberal stances.
Pope 'sacrilegious acts' with Amazon goddess statue slammed
By group of conservatives