The meeting itself was scandalous enough: a semi-naked man in the Vatican’s official reception room, ostensibly to promote the Pope’s upcoming trip to Papua New Guinea. The topless man is Mundiya Kepanga, an environmental activist and Papuan tribal chief who was in Rome last May.

But worse than his state of undress was the message he sent through Vatican channels: Kepanga overtly flashed this hand gesture, used by occultists such as the Illuminati and by practitioners of magical yoga, in full view of the video cameras of media outlet Rome Reports. It could not have been more obvious.

Despite his traditional clothing, Kepanga is a man of the world: he travels, appears in documentary films and attends UNESCO and COP events. (Take a look here at his selfie in front of the Statue of Liberty.)

Kepanga told the Pope that the main concern of his nation is deforestation, but omitted to mention the actual problems confronting the people of New Guinea: Chinese interests undermining the nation’s sovereignty, anti-life organisations Like Marie Stopes international working with the Catholic Church to inflict contraception and abortion on the people; systemic government corruption and of course, high levels of superstition and paganism, including such practices as cannibalism and headhunting.

Kepanga’s Huli tribe, while not known to be cannibals, believe in a number of pagan gods, performing rituals and sacrifices they believe enable them to harness divine powers; they are particularly fond of sacrificing pigs in order to gain protection or some other benefit from their gods. These ‘gods’ are, of course, demons, thus it seems that Kepanga is accessing demons to gain power. Indeed, sorcery and witchcraft are the part of everyday life for the Huli people. Yet Kepanga is clearly into more than that: his gesture reveals that he part of a contemporary occult society – one he felt compelled to acknowledge and promote from the very centre of Catholicism.

As we know, paganism and occultism pose no obstacle for this Pope. In fact, they are openly welcomed and are the only form of traditionalism being promoted currently in the Vatican. The ‘backwardism’ of the traditional liturgy is condemned but what could be more ‘backwardist’ than a twenty-first century environmental activist wearing indigenous fancy-dress?

Bergoglio has entertained a steady stream of occultists, sodomites and witches, flaunting their meetings via his official media outlets. So the question remains: why would a Pope applaud these practices – unless they are part of his religion?