Photo Report of Hindu Ritual at Fatima: Pictures of a Desecration

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[Polycarp IV]

Catholic Family News Special Report

Pictures of a Desecration

Photo Report of Hindu Ritual at Fatima

by John Vennari

(article appears below photos)

May 5: Portugal's SIC television announces its
coverage of an "uncommon ecumenical experience".
There will be a Hindu ritual at the Fatima Shrine.
 

Morning prayers in the Radha Krishna temple in Lisbon
 

"All the invocations of the pagans are hateful
to God because all their gods are devils"
- Saint Francis Xavier
 

 A young Hindu woman explains the importance
of their various gods
 

About 60 Hindus travel by bus to Fatima
 

Arrival at the Fatima Shrine
 

The Hindus bring a gift of flowers. For them, Our Lady
of Fatima is a manifestation of one of their gods.
 

SIC broacasting says, "This is a unique event in the
history of the Sanctuary and of devotion itself...
 

...the Hindu priest, the Shastri recites at the (Catholic)
altar the Shanti Pa, the prayer for peace."
 

The Hindu ritual — a ceremony to false gods — desecrates
the Fatima Shrine, making it necessary for the chapel
to be re-consecrated.
 

The "Hindu family of Porgutal" worshipping at the
shrine after the Hindu ceremony.
 

Shrine Rector Guerra speaks approvingly about
the Hindu worship at Fatima
 

Crossing the esplanade to meet the Bishop
and the Shrine Rector
 

Received by the Bishop of Fatima. SIC explains, "the
Hindu pilgrims are received as if they were an embassy,
an unheard of gesture...
 

...which can be understood as an invitation for other visits"
This means that the pagan desecration of Fatima
is likely to happen again.
 

The Bishop of Fatima says,
"We do not want to be fundamentalists"
 

Shrine Rector Guerra receives from the Hindus
a shawl covered with verses of the Baghwad Gita,
a "sacred book" of Hinduism whose basic message
is, all of life is an illusion.
 

The Bishop of Fatima also receives a shawl
laden with verses of pagan mythology.
 

Acknoweldgement to SIC Televisino for video footage from which these photos were extracted.

 

 

Catholic Family News has obtained a video copy of the SIC television broadcast of the Hindu ritual performed at Fatima. As reported last month, the sacrilege took place on May 5 with the blessing of Fatima Shrine Rector Guerra, and the Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, D. Sarafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva.

SIC, a national television station in Portugal, reported on the Hindu ritual at Fatima the same day it took place. The announcer called it an “ncommon ecumenical experience.”

The broadcast shows morning prayer at the Radha Krishna temple in Lisbon. “Light and water, energy and nature, mark the rhythm of the Arati, the morning prayer,” the announcer says. “Hinduism is the oldest of the great religions. It is characterized by multiple deities, worshiped through a triple dimension of life and sacredness: the creator god, the preserver god, and the god who has the power to destroy.”

Thus the Hindus spent the morning worshiping their false gods, which are nothing more than demons. Saint Francis Xavier, the apostle to India, said of Hinduism: “All the invocations of the pagans are hateful to God because all their gods are devils.”[1]

A young Hindu woman appears on screen with statues of gods in the background. She explains, “This is god Shiva and his wife Parvati. In the center we can see god Rama, to our right his wife Sita and to our left, his brother and companion Lakshmama. Now we can see Krishna Bhagwan and his consort Radha. The deities are always accompanied by their respective consorts or wives. As a rule, when we address the deities or want to ask for their graces, we address the feminine deity, who is very important to us.”

About 60 Hindus, said the broadcast, “leave Lisbon with the chandam, the sign on their foreheads which shows the wish for good fortune in a noble task. And this is the day dedicated to the greatest of all female deities. She is called the Most Holy Mother, the goddess Devi, the deity of Nature who many Portuguese Hindus also find in Fatima.”

Another young Hindu lady explains, “As a Hindu, who believes the whole world, or rather all human beings, are members of a global family, it would be natural for me to see any manifestation of God, including Our Lady of Fatima, as a manifestation of the same God.”

Here, this young lady speaks as a true Hindu, since Hinduism regards the various false gods they worship as manifestations of “God”. Thus, they are not honoring Our Lady as the Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, but worshiping Her as a manifestation of their pagan god.

The newscast then shows the Hindus bringing flowers to the statue of Our Lady inside the Capelinha, the little chapel built over the spot where Our Lady of Fatima appeared. The Hindu priest stands at the Catholic altar and recites a Hindu prayer. Meanwhile, the SIC announcer says, “This is a unique moment in the history of the Sanctuary and of devotion itself. The Hindu priest, the Shastri, recites at the altar the Shanti Pa, the prayer for peace.”

Pope Pius XI, in a liturgical prayer consecrating the human race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, prayed for the conversion of all who are not members of the Mystical Body. He invoked Our Lord, “be Thou King of all those who are involved with the darkness of idolatry”. [2] This idolatry is now practiced at the Fatima Shrine, desecrating the sacred site, making it necessary for the chapel to be re-consecrated.

In another clip, the Hindu priest explains that he finds a “divine energy” at Fatima. “It is an energy that permeates the whole place,” he says. “ It has the power to be present here, around us. Whenever I come here, I feel this vibration ...”

SIC then explains that the display of this group of Hindus at Fatima “is not well-accepted by all Catholics”. The camera then shifts to Fatima Shrine Rector Guerra who defends Hindu worship at the Catholic Shrine.

“It is obvious” says Rector Guerra, “that these civilizations and religions are quite different. But I think that there is a common background to all religions. There is a common background that, how can I put it, is born from the common humanity we all possess. And it is very important that we recognize this common background, because, due to the clashes of the differences, we sometimes forget our equality. These meetings give us that occasion.”

The Hindus are then welcomed by the Bishop of Leiria-Fatima in a room containing a large model of the modernistic Fatima Shrine now under construction. “This time,” says the broadcast, “the Hindu pilgrims are received as if they were an embassy; an unheard of gesture which can be understood as an invitation for other visits.” This means that the pagan desecration of the Fatima Shrine is likely to happen again and again.

The Bishop of Leiria- Fatima then says, “We don’t want to be fundamentalist, we don’t want that, but we want to be honest, sincere and want to communicate by osmosis the fruitfulness of our rituals, so that we may produce fruits. I am pleased to meet them.”

At this point, the Hindu priest places on the shoulders of the Bishop of Leiria- Fatima and Shrine Rector Guerra a shawl covered with verse of the Bhagwad Gita, one of Hinduism’s sacred books.

The report ends with a close-up of a guest book that includes the signatures of Pope John Paul II, Mother Teresa, and a Hindu high priest. It goes on to say that Hindus intend to keep Fatima “on the road map of places where they claim they can find vibrations of holiness...”

Catholic Family News has reported on the interfaith orientation at Fatima since it was launched at the interreligious Congress held at Fatima in October 2003.[4] We warned repeatedly that this type of desecration was inevitable if Catholics did not resist the new ecumenical program.

Predictably, the enablers of the “New Fatima” such as Father Robert J. Fox ridiculed our efforts and tried to dissuade Catholics from taking us seriously. Father Fox, on an April 25 EWTN broadcast, claimed that the reports about the interfaith activity at Fatima were nothing but "fabrications,” that he knows Shrine Rector Guerra personally, and that Rector Guerra would never allow such interfaith activities to take place. Less than two weeks after this EWTN broadcast, the Fatima Shrine was desecrated by pagan worship, with the blessing of Rector Guerra and the Bishop of Leiria- Fatima.

Pope Leo XIII, along with his predecessors taught “we are bound absolutely to worship God in the way which He has shown to be His will".[3] Hinduism worships false gods who are demons. It is sacrilegious for Rector Guerra and the Bishop of Fatima to permit these rituals in a Catholic sanctuary.

Pope Pius XI called it “ignominious” to place the true religion of Jesus Christ “on the same level with false religions”.[5] Pope Leo XIII likewise taught “it is contrary to reason that error and truth should have equal rights.”[6]  Thus the “equality” that Msgr. Guerra speaks of, and his notion of various religions coming from a “com mon background,” defies Catholic truth.

Rector Guerra and the Bishop of Leiria-Fatima are also guilty of grave scandal. Their actions tell these poor Hindus, who are in bondage to a heathen religion, that they are pleasing to God as they are. This is contrary to the manifest will of Christ, Who said, “No one comes to the Father but through Me.” “He who believes and is baptized will be saved, He who does not believe will be condemned.” Hindus reject Jesus Christ. They have no interest in baptism or in the truths revealed by God. Rector Guerra and the Bishop of Lierra of Fatima counsel and encourage this apostasy. By their bad example, they scandalize not only the Hindus, but others who observe their actions.

“Scandal” says Saint Thomas Aquinas, “is a word or act which gives occasion to the spiritual ruin of one’s neighbor.” Saint Leo calls the authors of scandal murderers who kill not the body but the soul. Saint Bernard says that, in speaking of sinners in general, the Scriptures hold out hope of amendment and pardon, but the Scriptures speak of those who give scandal, as persons separated from God, of whose salvation there is very little hope.[7]

Perhaps this is why we see a spiritual blindness in these men. They persist in their apostasy despite the outrage from concerned Catholics. Nonetheless, we must pray for them.

And what of the Hindus themselves? The Shastri comes to Fatima because he feels there a “divine energy,” “vibrations of holiness”. Members of all religions worship the same god and are part of the “global family”.

This is the language of paganism, not of our received Catholic tradition. "Holy vibrations” is what Hindus call Shakti, and they go to various places to seek it. They will rush to be in the presence of the Dalai Lama or Pope John Paul II or Ghandi because this gives them Darshan, the good fortune that comes from being in the sight of a holy man. Each and every one of their terms is rooted in heathen superstition, not in the truths revealed by Christ.

In short, the Hindus did not go to the Fatima Shrine to be Catholicized. Rather, they Hinduized the Fatima Shrine, folding their pagan myths and superstitions into one of Catholicism’s most sacred sites.

This is not honoring the Mother of God, but a blasphemy against Her, since there is nothing honorable in placing Our Lady on the same level as one more goddess in their pantheon of demonic deities. “What concord hath Christ with Belial?”, says Saint Paul, “or what part hath the faithful with the unbeliever?” (2 Cor. 6:15)

At the end of the visit, the Hindus presented Msgr. Guerra and the Bishop of Fatima with a shawl covered with verse of the Bhagwad Gita. This book contains a story which illustrates a central tenet of Hinduism.

Arjuna, a warrior, is on the eve of a great battle. He dreads the next day, because he knows he will have to kill his friends, relatives, teachers. Arjuna's charioteer, who turns out to be the god Krishna in disguise, tells Arjuna not to fear the coming battle because none of it is real. No one is going to die. All of it, and all of life, is illusion.

Arjuna then thrusts himself into the bloody conflict believing it to be his Dharma, his given path, to hack his friends and relatives to pieces. It is all illusion anyway. No one really dies. This is Hinduism in a nutshell. You are god, everything else is illusion.[8]

Catholics who behold the Fatima Shrine Rector and the Bishop of Fatima draped in shawls laden with verses from a pagan mythology, certainly would wish that the Hindu desecration of Fatima was an illusion, that none of it was real.

But no, it really happened. And Catholics must register their outrage to Rome and to Fatima, as they offer prayers of reparation for Catholic leaders who hand over the chapel of Our Lady of Fatima to a religion whose god is the devil.

Notes:

1. Saint Francis Xavier, James Brodrick, S.J., (New York: Wicklow Press, 1952), p. 135.

2. Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Pope Pius XI, published along with the Encyclical Quas Primas, “On the Kingship of Christ”, 1925.

3. Imortale Dei, 1885.

4. See J. Vennari: “Fatima to Become an Interfaith Shrine? An Account from One Who Was There", (CFN, December, 2003), "More News on the Fatima Interfaith Program",  (CFN, Jan., 2004), "Shrine Rector Confirms New Interfaith Orientation at Fatima", (CFN, Feb., 2004), Hindu Ritual Performed at Fatima Shrine, (CFN, May, 2004).

5. Quas Primas, 1925.

6. Libertas, 1888.

7. Quotes taken from Sermons of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, “On Scandal,” (Rockford: Tan Books, reprinted 1982), pp. 168-181.

8. For more, see “The Dharma of Deception”, Edwin Faust, Catholic Family News, November, 1998.

 

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[narses]

Indeed. God help us!

[little jeremiah]

Individual happiness is only found when one pleases God - therefore, God's happiness is the soul's only real happiness. Not that the soul and God are the same - they are always individuals, one Supreme and one subordinate. But only when I please God, will I ever feel any real happiness.

Additionally, God is pleased when we care about the happiness of His souls. If we don't care about the real happiness of others, He isn't pleased with us.

So I agree!

[Dajjal]

Scandalized bump

Question:
How does this syncretism jibe with Our Lady's prophecy that "In Portugal, the dogma of the Faith will always be preserved, etc.?"

[narses]

The Fiath is still there. AAn example, the SSPX clerics and the faithful laity of Portugal protested the desecrations.

[narses]

The Faith is still there. An example, the SSPX clerics and the faithful laity of Portugal protested the desecrations.

[Dajjal]

>The Faith is still there. An example, the SSPX clerics and the faithful laity of Portugal protested the desecrations.

Our Lady said "the Dogma of the Faith," not just "faithfulness" in general. It impies right teaching by Church authorities to the population at large.

Granted, this incident is one of praxis, not dogma, but it is still "teaching" sycretism to the people of Portugal.

If Our Lady meant only that there would be a handful of people in Portugal who knew proper dogma, how is Portugal any different from the US, Rome, France, or Timbuktu?

[narses]

The Remnant may be all that is left at the end, no?

[Pyro7480]

Believe it or not despite our differences here, in the long run I view you and the other person I pinged to be on "our side" as well.

You're what I classify as "Deep Catholics". Whether traditional, orthodox, conservative or whatever, Deep Catholics understand the source of their religion and are very knowledgeable and dedicated to the historical faith, even though such may manifest itself in different ways.

I'm glad to see this statement of yours, AAABEST. I think it's a good sign. Overall, I think you are a reasonable man. Now, if we could get our "bombthrowers" to agree to a cease-fire, we can make some progress. From reading this thread, I think we can all see this is something we can agree on (at least most of us see this is an outrage). Deo gratias!

[pro Athanasius]

Yes it is very shocking for "conservative" Catholics. They don't know what to make of it so they are either silent or say it has been exaggerated or the Pope would not allow this if he knew of it when he himself participated in this kind of ecumania which is confusing the public into thinking that "all religions are more or less good and praiseworthy" as Pius XI condemned in Mortalium Animus which the new Vatican documents never quote or even footnote anywhere.

But the conservatives will wake up when they see this garbage go on at the parish level in the big cities. They did it in Michigan- did you read "Booting the Buddhist's Out"? This document below document leads to the joint
Protestant /Roman Catholic Churches which "share" space- condemned before 1960. This document is novel. In over 100 some footnotes only a few are before Vat II
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/documents/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_25031993_principles-and-norms-on-ecumenism_en.html In this document

These are a few of the tarnished "jewels"

Para 116-119 Shared Non-Sacramental Liturgical Worship. 119 We must watch
out again for the sensibilities of the Clergy of "all Christian
Communities" after all we wouldn’t want to act too Catholic that might
scandalize them like some of the Jews were scandalized by Christ. We must
get together and "share our traditions and understand each others
community prayer" which developed from common roots. Note a "federation
of Christian Communities" concept of the Church is condemned see p.295.
Can not take part in non- Catholic assemblies p. 301.
Para 133 Non- Catholics may now read Scripture during a "Eucharistic
Celebration" What ever happened to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass where
only the priest entered the Holy Sanctuary. Now we have everyone and his
brother and a Protestant one at that! They had a Protestant funeral here
at Holy Family Catholic Church and the Minister was asking people
to come and get saved on the altar! (See Para 138- there will be lots of
bad stuff going on from this hum dinger!) You can not control the
ridiculous and heretical things coming out of a Protestant Minister’s
mouth while he uses a Catholic Church to preach his folly! Which brings
me to...
Para 138 Catholics lend out parish Church to non Catholics & put Jesus in
the cloak room so as not to offend the "sensitivities" of Protestants.
(See quote II and Jn Chapter 6) St. Francis of Assisi, " All those who
have not believed that Jesus Christ is the son of God are doomed. Also
those who see the Sacrament of the Body of Christ and do not believe it
is really the most Holy Body and Blood of the Lord,- these also are
doomed."
Para 150 Non Catholic Spouse no longer has to promise to raise the kids
Catholic (151 proves this) or put it in writing that they will raise
children Catholic.
Para 151 "due respect for the religious freedom and conscience of the
other (non Catholic) parents....." Child may not be raised Catholic
because of this so called freedom and the Catholic parent will not be
censured. (See Quote III, Syllabus of Errors p.29 and pg. 101)
Para 183 Common Bible Studies and Societies condemned. See the Syl. Of
Errors pg.30.
Para 197 Educational institutions will share personnel, library, courses,
research and other resources. In fact it is more ecumenical in Para. 198
When a Catholic School has members of other "ecclesial communities" on
the staff and in their student body- that way the modernist infection
spreads even more. Hey, since the theology now is that Protestants really
are ecclesial communities in an imperfect union with us (Oh well didn’t
von Balthazar say our Church was Holy and a prostitute- seems to
contradict Pius XI statement on p.295 that, the Church is a perfect
society founded by Christ and also on the same page that the modernist’s
think that the visible Church is nothing more than a federation of
Churches.) Do you see that on page 228 Pius X states, "What efforts do
they not make to win new recruits! They seize upon professorships in the
seminaries and universities, and gradually make of them chairs of
pestilence...." Their efforts are so great that they are even placing
Protestant modernists in Catholic Schools and Seminaries with the
permission and at the behest of Cardinal Cassidy and the Vatican!
These changes will be within your local parish in a few years -right sinkspur (?)- especially for the big cities.

[narses]

Wow, so Fatima's Desecration is just another in a long line!

[pro Athanasius]

That is gross coming from a Reverend of the cloth. What would the animal rights people say - getting your dogs to do your "dirty" work.

[Siobhan]

Fatima's desecration is a deliberate assault on the Mother of God. Guerra and the Bishop aren't believers and they aren't idiots. They are doing exactly what they were put there to do - destroy the faith in Portugal.

They don't succeed. Our Lady of Fatima has spoken.

Nonetheless, I fully expect it to appear that they have succeeded. Whether it is Buddhist monks at St. Adalbert's or this travesty of anti-Gospel innovation, we can see the enemies of the Church within the Church exposed for all to see.

There are of course those who frequest FR who are planted here to refute everything I've said and to defend every attack on the Mother of God and Holy Mother Church.

[sinkspur]

That is gross coming from a Reverend of the cloth. What would the animal rights people say - getting your dogs to do your "dirty" work.

Woof!

Mama, you need to unwind a bit. Sometimes we just have to have a grin or two around here.

[Siobhan]

Be careful. You pick on dogs, I've got two males, and they can raise their right back legs pretty high.

That must be an ICEL translation endorsed by the National Catholic Reporter.

[sinkspur]

That must be an ICEL translation endorsed by the National Catholic Reporter.

It's actually a B.A.R.K. translation, endorsed by the Doggie Daily.

Boy dogs do what boy dogs do.

[St.Chuck]

Later in the day when I have some time I will explain for those reading this thread what Hinduism actually is, and what the basic message of the Bhagavad Gita is (as someone who has studied it for over 3 decades). Whoever wrote the article hasn't read it or if they did, they must have skipped whole chapters.

I'd be interested in learning what the basic message of the Bhagavad Gita is. You are right about the author. He is a polemicist, not a journalist, so anything you might add to correct his inaccuracies would be appreciated.

[pro Athanasius]

I am too young to be your "Mama" Sinkspur. That was a good one Siobhan. Sinkspur doesn't like me although I wish him well. Can I put you Siobhan on my "ping" list? I will not be offended if you say no as Sinkspur can attest to. I had him on my ping list before I knew the etiquette of this Chat room without asking him of which I apologized. You will not offend me if you say no. I got a good chuckle out of your comments.

[St.Chuck]

....there can be no doubt that this is blatant and bald-faced desecration at it's worst.

What exactly do you mean by desecrated?

[St.Chuck]

.... the pictures above represent an abomination and desecration

What do you mean by desecration?

[sinkspur]

I like you, pro A. "Mama" is a term of endearment, since you have five of your own.

If you'd cut the length of your posts in half, I'd gladly be on your ping list.