Youth Synod starts under the symbol of witchcraft
It was shocking to see the photo above in the news report in the Vatican organ L'Osservatore Romano (October 4, 2018, showing the Mass inaugurating the Youth Synod (http://www.synod2018.va/content/synod2018/en.html) in Rome. The ceremony is staged as if the strange staff in the foreground were the lenses through which we should interpret it. The photographer captured the power of that symbol quite well.
That forked staff was given to Francis on August 11, 2018, during a meeting with youth he held at the Circus Maximus (https://traditioninaction.org/RevolutionPhotos/A798-Gyn_Les.htm), below, first row at left. He chose to use it at the opening Mass of the Youth Synod, first row right, second row.
At first glance, we could think that this is just another progressivist extravaganza. However, when we examine the forked staff carefully, we see that it is very similar to the staff used in witchcraft, which is called a stang (http://www.patheos.com/blogs/byathameandstang/2016/08/the-stang/).
Below, we posted photos of several stangs used in witchcraft so that the reader can evaluate how similar they are to Francis' staff.
So, we have the progressivist Pope making another of his insinuations. This time, however, it contains an implicit approval of witchcraft, that is, the cult to the Devil. We know that it is not completely verified that Francis is aware of all the implications of the use if this symbol. But then, with this Pope what is entirely clear?
This is another episode that lets us wonder whether he is the Vicar of Christ or the vicar of the Archenemy of Christ...
(https://traditioninaction.org/RevolutionPhotos/Images%20(801-900)/802_Staff-3.jpg)
https://traditioninaction.org/RevolutionPhotos/A802-Stang.htm
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So the Bishop of Rome (he doesn't refer to himself as "pope") carries a stang, when he should carry a crucifix. Where is claudel when you need him? He'd say this "stang" looking thing is a "crucifix" prolly.
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In fact, none of the cross-like objects in this thread so far are crucifixes.
Even the ones that most closely resemble crucifixes are not crucifixes.
They're missing the INRI (which offends Jews and that would be "anti-Semitic")
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(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kTpNClOxmxY/UnQUyBqTkpI/AAAAAAAABLs/WnLJhYEU_dY/s640/NewFerula+.jpg)
It's a resurrectifix, no nails -- no crucifix
No INRI -- no crucifix
(the one on the right we can't see the front -- that is, what we see looks like the back -- or else it's a minimalist faker)
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(https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150710135158-pope-hammer-and-sickle-crucifix-exlarge-169.jpg)
This one is just a pile of junk, that is, a corpus of Our Lord amidst junk
No INRI -- no crucifix
Bishop of Rome Francis ought to be pounded on the head with this hammer
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I remember when they turned altars around in the 60s, they had a lot of problems with altar crucifixes.
When you turn a crucifix around and look at it's back side it doesn't look like a crucifix anymore.
So they had to come up with alternative ideas.
Putting the crucifix on one side of the altar was tried and it didn't work out, looked too much off balance.
Some venues resorted to putting the crucifix off the altar, off to one side and that was more widely adopted.
But it was very common to omit the INRI so then they weren't crucifixes.
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Here is a prominent example: not a crucifix, but sometimes they erroneously call it that anyway:
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(https://s15-us2.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opusdeiphotography.com%2Fart%2FCathedral%2FOur%2520Lady%2520of%2520the%2520Angels%2C%2520Los%2520Angeles%2C%2520CA%2Fslides%2FCrucifix%2C%25202010%2520O5H0184.jpg&sp=c276623a7b8e24371eb6cc599c1ec143) (https://s15-us2.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi2.wp.com%2Fwww.getty.edu%2Fvisit%2Fevents%2Fimages%2Ftoparovsky_cruficix.jpg&sp=870d39d4c3f23fd5a5597a8289bd6f8c) (https://s15-us2.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.napaman.com%2Fnapamancom%2Fimages%2F2007%2F11%2F14%2Fla_cathedral_simon_1.jpg&sp=286b7bf2ad93b67203ca64b16f0ef47a)
No INRI -- no crucifix
So-called cathedral of Los Angeles, Our Lady of the Angels