8/6/2019 Pope Dedicates New Roman Shrine to Pagan Mary

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Pagan Sun Worship and Catholicism

Pope Dedicates New Roman Shrine to the Virgin Maryhttp://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/newshrine.htm

On July 4th, 1999, Pope John Paul II dedicated a new shrine to the Virgin Mary on the outskirts of Rome, built in commemoration and thanksgiving of the sparing of the city from Allied bombing

during World War II. Of particular note in the design of the shrine, is the large expanse of 

symbolic stained glass, which is briefly described in a Zenit News Agency article as follows:

Two large stained glass windows measuring 17,000 square feet transform the light in the interior to

an intense blue. These are enormous blue glass walls, reminders of Mary's color. A huge red sun

breaks the ensemble to emphasize Christ's central role.

Source:  Zenit News Agency, © July 5th, 1999

 POPE INAUGURATES ROMAN SHRINE OF VIRGIN OF DIVINE LOVE.

As the above photo makes quite clear, the stained glass depicts a red and yellow sun on a sky-blue

background. This is but another example of Catholicism adopting the symbology of pagan sun

worship, and "baptizing" it into the Catholic Church by merely substituting Christian names for thepagan.