Brazilian Bishop's Mass Uses Creed Invoking 'God/Goddess,' Rejecting Church Hierarchy

Bishop José Valdeci Santos Mendes of Brejo, Brazil, presided over a September 7 Mass that included the "Creed of the Ecclesial Base Communities," a text rejecting a "punishing God" in favor of a "God/Goddess" described as "revolutionary" and denying the Church's hierarchical structure while affirming open borders and "sexual diversity." The creed explicitly repudiates traditional doctrine on divine judgment, clerical authority and sexual morality in favor of a collectivist, egalitarian theology. The episode illustrates doctrinal compromise within an established church body, replacing biblical teaching on God's nature and moral order with a politically framed alternative creed.