MAY 4, 2019

BELGAUM DIOCESE CHURCH HAS A SIVA LINGAM FOR A TABERNACLE. BISHOP DEREK FERNANDES USES IT.

In Karnataka, a church that is also a temple

Hindus attend mass at the Snanika Arulappanavara Virakta Mutt in Belagavi that has a Siva lingam, Jesus and Mary idols

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/in-karnataka-a-church-that-is-also-a-temple/article24542424.ece

By Rishikesh Bahadur
Desai, July 28, 2018

The Siva lingam is the sexual organ of the Hindu deity Siva. The god is said to be present in the lingam. It is therefore very sacred to them and is worshipped by Hindus. In this syncretised temple-church, run by Jesuit
Fr. Menino Gonsalves at Deshanur, near Belagavi, the “Tabernacle” where Jesus is supposed to be reposed is believed by the locals to be a lingam. The Bishop of Belgaum, Derek Fernandes, wearing the typical saffron robes of a Hindu ascetic and sporting a Hindu tilak on his forehead, has used the lingam-tabernacle at his “Mass”. Pictures here*.

*BISHOP DEREK FERNANDES SAYS “MASS” AT JESUIT PRIEST’S TEMPLE-CHURCH 19 pages

http://ephesians-511.net/recent/docs/BISHOP_DEREK_FERNANDES_SAYS_MASS_AT_JESUIT_PRIESTS_TEMPLE-CHURCH.doc

SOME RELATED FILES

SHIVALINGA AND THE HINDU DEITY SHIVA 15 pages

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

SHIVALINGA TABERNACLE OF JESUIT PRIEST SHILANANDAS CHURCH 14 pages

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

BISHOP DEREK FERNANDES CONCELEBRATES MASS IN NON-LITURGICAL SAFFRON ROBES

http://ephesians-511.net/recent/docs/BISHOP_DEREK_FERNANDES_CONCELEBRATES_MASS_IN_NON-LITURGICAL_SAFFRON_ROBES.doc

HINDU RELIGIOUS MARK ON THE FOREHEAD 28-BISHOP DEREK FERNANDES WEARS

http://ephesians-511.net/recent/docs/HINDU_RELIGIOUS_MARK_ON_THE_FOREHEAD_28-BISHOP_DEREK_FERNANDES_WEARS.doc

Categories: Hinduisation of the Catholic Church in India