Idolatry, or God's will ?

"On October 12, a procession honoring Our Lady of Zapopan celebrates the feast day of the Virgin of Zapopan. Around dawn, her small, dark figure begins the 5-hour ride from the Cathedral of Guadalajara to the suburban Basilica of Zapopan. The original icon dates from the mid-1500s; the procession began 200 years later. Today, crowds spend the night along the route and vie for position as the Virgin approaches. She travels in a gleaming new car (virginal in that it must never have had the ignition turned on), which her caretakers pull through the streets. During the previous months, the figure visits churches all over the city. You will likely see neighborhoods decorated with paper streamers and banners honoring the Virgin's visit."

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My apologies to all the RCCers. I made a big mistake. The doll, being made before 1600 A.D., could not possibly be plastic. Must be Mexican china.

 

Funny thing, going through the New Advent site, I cannot find word one on these statues. But I did some reading on how relics are defined. There is no way either of these dolls could have possibly met the criteria.

But yet we know that more than one pope has given his blessing. You should look at the cathedrals dedicated to these dolls. What's going on ? This is Christ's TRUE chruch ?



Oh well. I'll continue to add to this thread.

 

"The highlight of the day was standing in the long line of devotees waiting to catch a glimpse of the Virgin "Rosario of Talpa", who had been placed with reverence in a sanctuary off the main church. Her usual resting place is on the alter of the basilica, but seeing this was the "festival," she was located where the pilgrims could be closer to her, although there were iron bars protecting the display. What overwhelmed me was the great belief and devotion shown the Virgin. Some approached on their knees, all prayed to her. An older women, standing beside me serenaded her in the sweetest singing voice. She sounded like an angel. The festivities begin every year on March 24th to commemorate the day the Virgin was unearthed. The fiesta continues for 3 months, till May. Thousands, upon thousands of religious souls make this pilgrimage annually; sometimes it involves saving pennies all year long."

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"Talpa is a religious center. Our Lady of the Rosary is one of three “little sisters,” the other two being the Virgin of Zapopan and the Virgin of San Juan de Lago. The Virgin of Talpa is the patron saint of three states – Jalisco, Colima and Nayarit. Throughout the year, tens of thousands of her pilgrims journey to Talpa during four fiestas. The largest of the fiestas is in March and the most colorful is in September."
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"Further, the council insists that "in the invocation of saints the veneration of relics and the sacred use of images, every superstition shall be removed and all filthy lucre abolished..."

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You guys are leaving me no choice but to claim victory, in Jesus. That the RCC, despite it's own words, practices, condones, and is partly funded by pagan idolatry.

 

Nope. I'm right, on this one.

 

The silence deafens.

 

Am I the only one to see a problem here ?

 

It's worse.

We have a Church that claims to be the only "True Church of Christ".

The claim that salvation in it's purest sense can only be experienced in their mass.

And their leader claims to be Jesus Christ's chief representative on earth.

The same leader that visits, blesses, and orders massive castles to be built to house what are CLEARLY idols. That's how those folks see them, they worship them, they believe the dolls have magic healing powers, it's worship, and the church, rather than speak out against it, encourages it. It cannot be deinied.

I wish I read Spanish, because I have a gut feeling that they charge for the priveledge of personally visiting these "virgins".

 

AND....

L.D.B. ain't the the only catholic on this board. They're all ignoring this thread.

 

Still waiting.

 

I'm not misunderstanding anything. Pretty plain to see what's happenning here, lessin' you don't want to.