As we have already seen, Catholic customs stem from ancient pagan practices and beliefs. Pagan priests were celibate, tonsured, and received the power of sacrificing for the living and the dead. The same power is given to Roman Catholic priests. Pagan celibate priests are dedicated to the mother goddess, and Catholic priests to Mary the mediatrix.

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In 1854, the Papacy declared Mary sinless, and in 1951, they declared that she had ascended unto heaven, where she was crowned as the "Queen of heaven." This was called the Assumption of Mary. Since then, the complete system of Babylonian worship, with Mary taking the role of the mediatrix, has thus been established within Catholicism.

The goddess in ancient religions was worshiped as the life giver and nurturer and, as such, this religion was full of sexual undertones. Phallic symbols, as well as symbols of femininity and divine intercourse, were common in ancient temples, as they are in modern temples, particularly in India. These symbols are equally common in Roman Catholic cathedrals.

The breasts of the goddess formed a prominent part of the goddess cult, goddesses often being depicted with many breasts to nurture the world. Even the sun god was depicted nurturing at the goddess’ breast.

Catholicism carries the same mythology. Take for example the Magharet Sitti Mariam, or “Milk Grotto” as it is commonly known, where Catholic tradition has it that Mary spilt milk from her breast while feeding Jesus. This milk supposedly squirted onto the walls of the cave and formed white markings. The grotto has become a shrine, revered today as a place of pilgrimage for healing and fertility.

The sinner that ventures directly to Christ may come with dread and apprehension of his wrath; but let him only employ the mediation of the Virgin with her Son and she has only to show that Son the breasts that gave him suck and his wrath will immediately be appeased.ⁱ

Pope John Paul II believed that Mary intercedes for the faithful who honor her during mass:

As they listen to the word proclaimed in the Sunday assembly, the faithful look to the Virgin Mary...From Sunday to Sunday, the pilgrim people follow in the footsteps of Mary, and her maternal intercession gives special power and fervour to the prayer which rises from the Church to the Most Holy Trinity.ⁱⁱ

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<p>This statue represents the mother goddess figure, known under many names such as Artemis, Diana, and Cybele. This figure becomes <a title="Learn about Mary in our article: The Mother-Son Sun Worship System" href="../S-deception_paganism_Catholic_Nimrod_Mary" target="blank">Mary</a> in Catholic circles. <br /><br /></p>

<p>Artemis, also known as Diana of <a title="Read our article about Ephesus" href="../S-deception-Revelation_Ephesus_Diana_candlesticks.html" target="blank">Ephesus</a>, with her many breasts to nurture the world. </p>

<p>A fleur-de-lis held by a hand on exhibit in a Roman Catholic Church. <br /><br /></p>

<p>The goddess stepping on a serpent's head. Christ is the one who should crush the serpent's head (See <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis%203:15%20&version=KJV" target="blank">Genesis 3:15</a>). Ironically, she also nurtures a <a title="See more serpent pictures in the Serpent and Dragon Symbols Gallery" href="../albums.html?action=album&aid=5426353352209572785" target="blank">serpent</a>. The serpent represents death and resurrection, a counterfeit of Christ's death and resurrection. In this way, through the female, there is the fertility power to produce new life.<br /><br /></p>

<p><a title="Read our article about Mary" href="../S-deception_end-time_paganism_Catholic_Mary" target="blank">Mary</a> standing on the serpent in a church in Bethlehem. <br /><br /></p>

<p>The pine cone staff of Osiris. Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy. </p>

<p>Pope John Paul II wearing a fish mitre, and carrying a staff with both a bent cross and a pine cone fertility symbol. Notice the four-spoked solar symbol on his mitre and the Maltese cross on his robe. <br /><br />Page 37 of Catholic historian Theodore Maynard's <em>The Story of American Catholicism</em> says, "“It has often been charged..that Catholicism is overlaid with many pagan incrustations. Catholicism, it must be added, is ready to accept the accusation—and even to make it her boast." <br /><br />Note also the arms of Jesus shaped down into a "V" on the Pope's staff. This is a sign used in occultism to show victory over the Son of God. </p>

<p>The icon of Mary in the milk grotto in Bethlehem.<br /><br /> The Catholic Church has elevated Mary to the level of mediator, advocate, and co-redeemer of humanity. In 1854, Pope Pius IX declared Mary "immaculate," and in 1951, Pope Pius XII defined and enforced the doctrine of the Bodily Assumption of Mary, thus placing Mary in a position to act as mediator. <br /><br />This is what they believe according to <em>Catholic Laymen</em>, July 1856: "The sinner that ventures directly to Christ may come with dread and apprehension of his wrath; but let him only employ the mediation of the Virgin with her Son and she has only to show that Son the breasts that gave him suck and his wrath will immediately be appeased." </p>

<p>Jesus, portrayed with a <a title="Mithra and the Globe, Symbols of the gods Gallery" href="../albums.html?action=picture&aid=5426350358976932961&pid=globe-Mithra.jpg" target="blank">globe</a> in one hand and making a symbol of the <a title="Pagan Hand Signs Gallery" href="../albums.html?action=album&aid=5428968870607938593" target="blank"> pagan trinity </a>with the other, is adorned with fleurs-de-lis. Cathedral in Nurnberg, Germany. <br /><br /></p>

<p>Largest pine cone in the world, in the court of the Court of the Pine Cone at the Vatican. <br /><br /></p>

<p>pine cone in the Vatican courtyard. Pine cones symbolized fertility in pagan religions throughout history. The goddess Isis was always depicted with two peacocks, similar to the two peacocks next to the pine cone. </p>

<p>Poseidon, ruler of the sea or underworld, holds a trident similar to the one carried by the hoofed sun god of Babylon. <br /><br /></p>

<p>St. Peter's Square. Notice the sunwheel pattern on the floor and obelisk (phallic symbol of Osiris) in the middle. Also notice the cross with the circle around it under the obelisk. <br /><br /></p>

<p>A relief of the lion god holding a pine cone staff, which symbolized fertility. <br /><br /></p>

<p>The white patches on the walls of the milk grotto in Bethlehem are supposedly preserved milk from the breasts of Mary that apparently squirted against the walls as she nursed the baby Jesus. <br /><br /></p>

i. Catholic Layman, July 1856.

ii. John Paul II, Dies Domini (July 5, 1998).