ANCIENT PAGAN GOD MOLOCH IN ROME
The pagan god Moloch greets visitors to the Colosseum, Rome, as part of an exhibition that opened Sept. 27, 2019. sanmarinortv.sm / screen grab NEWS CATHOLIC CHURCH Wed Nov 6, 2019 - 12:18 pm EST Statue of ancient god of child sacrifice put on display in Rome LifeSiteNews staff Amazon Synod , Catholic , Moloch , Pachamama ROME, November 6, 2019 ( LifeSiteNews ) – A reconstruction of a pagan idol who demanded child sacrifice was stationed at the entrance of Rome’s Colosseum as part of a secular historical exhibition. The presence of the idol raised particular concern among Catholics, as it was erected nine days before the Amazon Synod and the subsequent scandal over the veneration of the Pachamama idol at the Vatican. The statue of Moloch, worshipped by both the Canaanites and the Phoenicians, is part of an exhibit dedicated to Ancient Rome’s once-great rival, the city of Carthage. The large-scale exhi...