I say reconsecrate that church immediately


August 30, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – A Spanish bishop apologized for an event in his diocese during which a Hindu deity was processed around a Catholic church and the priest who allowed it resigned from his position as Vicar General.

However, the bishop said Hindu beliefs don't need to be "rebuked" and that wasn't the point of his statement. It's unclear whether the priest, Father Juan José Mateos Castro, will remain in his position at that parish, Our Lady of Africa.

Bishop Rafael Zornoza Boy of the Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta issued the apology, portions of which Crux translated.

A video of the procession shows people clapping and taking photos as the statue of Ganesh, the elephant-headed Hindu god, processed through the church past statues of Catholic saints toward the altar. It was even in front of the tabernacle at one point, which houses consecrated hosts that the Catholic Church teaches are the literal body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus Christ.

People inside the church sang a Marian hymn while looking at the Hindu statue...
Complete article here.

Comments

  1. MenasAugust 31, 2017 at 12:33 PM

    I used standard fare in the wrong context, not sure what word/phrase I am looking for. What I meant to say was this would probably not shock many conservative/traditional Catholics because it happens with enough regularity. Look up the Assisi Meetings

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  2. ByzRusAugust 31, 2017 at 4:16 PM

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  3. ByzRusAugust 31, 2017 at 4:20 PM

    As a Catholic and as someone who greatly respects eastern and western liturgical tradition, I find this to be so embarrassing. How a priest could allow this in the church for which he was responsible and allow whomever those lay people were onto the altar is beyond me. Scandalous, to be sure. Despite strides being made in recent years to rediscover tradition, re-enchant the sacred liturgy, re-orient focus etc. there is still so much of this mentality within the church. That aside, hopefully, the church was not used until the Rite of Reparation of a Profaned Church was performed.

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  4. mikeAugust 31, 2017 at 4:24 PM

    So you consider Catholic ceremonies any more God-pleasing than those ones? That's pretty ecumenical of you.

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    1. Byzantine, TXAugust 31, 2017 at 4:28 PM

      In as much as throwing a dart at a dart board and missing is better than throwing it at someone's elephant. Yes.

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  5. SamuelMorseAugust 31, 2017 at 4:58 PM

    This is the logical outcome of Vatican 2. Don't you see the effects of 50 years worth of syncretism...?

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  6. ByzRusAugust 31, 2017 at 5:25 PM

    Agree. This isn't the only instance of Catholic Churches being used for non-liturgical, non-christian purposes. Some within the clergy and laity don't see the wrong of this practice. To my knowledge, this isn't the practice of the Orthodox Churches. Shame their example isn't followed by some within the hierarchy.

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    1. mikeSeptember 1, 2017 at 12:08 AM

      IIRC, a couple of months ago there was some online outrage about an instance, when one church in Russia was used for some gymnastic shows. So you are not exactly correct in this one.

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  7. Gil GarzaAugust 31, 2017 at 7:04 PM

    When the only people who will come to your church are tourists with their cameras, pagans invited to march around with their diety and musicians paid to sing, next will be the attorneys selling the property turning it into a warehouse or a nightclub.

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  8. BortAugust 31, 2017 at 8:04 PM

    They should have waited to bring Ganesh to the church for the Blessing of Animals on the feast of St. Francis.

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 2, 2017 at 12:46 AM

      Are we sure the Church never canonized St. Ganesh by mistake, like St. Jehoshaphat?

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  9. bobSeptember 1, 2017 at 8:27 AM

    It isn't often you see a real elephant in the room that is an elephant in the room. Yes, they might want to consecrate the place anew. I recall 1974 or so when my church (Episcopal) had an event at the "national" cathedral that included the muslim call to prayer from the pulpit. Just as vile. Even in the 10th grade I knew the place had something wrong, it has gotten ever worse. These folks should figure out how to prevent this in the future, once you start it's awfully hard to stop.

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  10. BorisJojicjSeptember 2, 2017 at 6:41 PM

    Glory to God!

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