Amazon feathers same as Vatican hats: Pope

Pope Francis yesterday hit out at “offensive words” spoken against the Amazon’s indigenous people, noting that a feather headdress is no more ridiculous than hats worn at the Vatican. “I was pained to hear, right here, a sarcastic comment about a pious man with feathers on his head who brought an offering,” the pope said at the opening of a synod focused on the Amazon’s poverty-stricken and isolated indigenous communities.