Victor J. F. Kulanday's The Paganization of the Church in India...


Adapted from his 1988 book.

The book, we're told, was "Printed at the Diocesan Press, Vepery, Madras - 7, India."

"Chapter VII Worship of Idols, Sun, Fire, Snake

"The gorgeous multi - colored picture on the cover of this book is of Lord Ganapathi, an important deity of the Hindu pantheon.

"He is a very popular God and Hindus of all castes worship him.

"In keeping with the present trend of imitating the Hindu in everything, Catholics are now being urged by priests to worship Ganapathi.

"This deity with an elephnat's head and large ears, an enormous paunch and four hands is the favorite of Fr. Michael Gonzalves, Our Lady of Fatima Church, Chulna, in the Archdiocese of Bombay -- the region administered by the President of the Bishops' Conference of India, Most Rev. Dr. Simon Pimenta."


... this elephant - head god [is] above Christ in all respects...


"For the past few years [as in prior to 1988!] Fr. Michael has done aggressive propaganda to brain - wash Catholics to worship Ganapathi.

"In the media he writes extolling Ganapathi and placing this elephant - head god above Christ in all respects.

"Writing in the Marathi mass - circulation journal, NAMRATA, Michael Jee, as he calls himself, this Catholic priest has the following ideas to propogate:

"1. Michael Jee states that If anyone wants to know the concepts of the Almighty, one must break all the barriers of various religions and study their deities and by doing this the knowledge of the Almighty will be increased and one can reach Him without having any recourse to any particular tutelar deity.

"2. Michael Jee Denigrates Christ

"He says Christ sacrificed his life on the cross for the salvation of mankind but this was the only aspect of his life.

He cannot be a faithful and ideal husband because he was not married.

And this is where Bhagwan Ramachandra comes in to prove as an ideal husband.

"He further states that though Christ pardoned his executiners yet Lord Krishna was Supreme because he slaughtered his relatives to fulfill his duty on the battle - field.

"3. Michael Jee Advocates Worship of Ganapathi

"He says With the aid of pictures, statues and symbols Catholics are allowed to worship God.

Then Catholics could also adopt [an] idol of Ganapati as one of the visual aids to reach the Almighty.. ."

So on and so forth!

A good, fascinating read, you better believe it!