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CARDINAL IVAN DIAS

PREFECT EMERITUS, CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELIZATION OF PEOPLES, ROME, FORMER ARCHBISHOP OF BOMBAY

WEARS A HINDU MARK IN THE CENTER OF HIS FOREHEAD

THIS MARK, CALLED “TILAK” IS OF RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE TO HINDUS.

IT IS NEVER APPLIED BY MUSLIMS OR CHRISTIANS [ESPECIALLY PROTESTANTS].

MANY CATHOLIC WOMEN HOWEVER COMMONLY FLAUNT A STYLISED “BINDI”.

NOW THERE IS AN ALARMING TREND OF THE MARK’S INCREASING USE BY NUNS

AND BY CATHOLIC MEN – NOT AMONG THE LAITY,

BUT AMONG PRIESTS, BISHOPS, CARDINALS, AND EVEN THE APOSTOLIC NUNCIO

St Thomas, Turnabout

http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20070101&fname=Rome+%28F%29&sid=1&pn=1

http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?233563

Evangelisation isn’t always an eastward wave. It’s Indian ‘shepherds’ who’re flocking to the West.

By Seema Sirohi, Society Magazine
January 1, 2007

Jesus must have smiled … at the Christmas celebration of Indian priests and nuns in Rome.

Cardinal Ivan Dias, the Vatican’s senior most Indian, sat in the front row with a tilak* on his forehead having lit the traditional lamp to inaugurate the ceremonies. […] *Not in the picture

See CARDINAL IVAN DIAS LIGHTS A LAMP FOR THE HINDU DEITY GANESHA

http://ephesians-511.net/docs/CARDINAL_IVAN_DIAS_LIGHTS_A_LAMP_FOR_THE_HINDU_DEITY_GANESHA.doc

I have scoured the internet and my research library seeking information, any information which says that the bindi or tilak is a purely Indian cultural phenomenon. While I didn’t find a shred of evidence that says that, I found tons of evidence to the contrary. My findings are compiled in a separate article titled, “BINDI OR TILAK MARK ON THE FOREHEAD-INDIAN OR HINDU?”

http://ephesians-511.net/docs/BINDI_OR_TILAK_MARK_ON_THE_FOREHEAD-INDIAN_OR_HINDU.doc

MAY 15, 2012

Categories: Hinduisation of the Catholic Church in India