Message for feast of Diwali…
Vatican: Hindus Worship God!
A Hindu man ‘worshipping God’ — according to the Vatican…
It’s that time of the year again when the post-Catholic Vatican sends greetings to the world’s Hindu population for their celebration of the feast of Diwali. Also called Deepavali, it means “series of lights” and celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, at least supposedly.
It is the Dicastery of Interreligious Dialogue, currently led by ‘Cardinal’ George Koovakad, that publishes regular communications to various pagans.
On Oct. 30, 2026, the ‘Holy See’ Press Office made public this year’s message to Hindus in its daily Bollettino. The title was ominous: “Hindus and Christians: forging pathways of peace together in ‘the spirit of Assisi'”. Vatican News was happy to report on it as well:
- Message of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue to Hindus on the occasion of the Feast of Deepavali 2026, 30.10.2026 (Vatican.va)
- Vatican sends greetings to Hindus ahead of Deepavali (Vatican News)
Introductory remarks to the message that appears in the Oct. 30 Bollettino explain that the celebration of Diwali “lasts three days, marking the beginning of a new year, family reconciliation, especially between brothers and sisters, and worship of God.”
Yes, the “worship of God”! At this point, apparently, the Vatican believes that Hindus adore God. Which god, by the way? Is it Lakshmi, Ganesha, or Krishna? Shiva, Durga, or Saraswati? The list is endless.
As a quick reminder, here is one example of Hindus ‘worshipping God’:
(image: Dragon Images/Shutterstock)
Anyone wishing to defend this blasphemy will have to look no further than the false Second Vatican Council (1962-65), which claimed in its declaration on non-Christian religions that
…in Hinduism, men contemplate the divine mystery and express it through an inexhaustible abundance of myths and through searching philosophical inquiry. They seek freedom from the anguish of our human condition either through ascetical practices or profound meditation or a flight to God with love and trust.
(Vatican II, Declaration Nostra Aetate, n. 2)
Who knew?!
The simple fact of the matter is, of course, that Hindus do not worship the true God, the Holy Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. They do not even worship the one true God as He can be known from reason alone, apart from revelation: “The knowledge of God is clear to their minds; God himself has made it clear to them; from the foundations of the world men have caught sight of his invisible nature, his eternal power and his divineness, as they are known through his creatures. Thus there is no excuse for them” (Rom 1:19-20; Knox tr.). That is why the Psalmist rightly calls the atheist a fool, because he is not following right reason: “The fool said in his heart: There is no God” (Ps 52:1). In that regard, the First Vatican Council declared: “If anyone shall have said that the one true God, our Creator and our Lord, cannot be known with certitude by those things which have been made, by the natural light of human reason: let him be anathema” (Dogmatic Constitution Dei Filius, Chapter 2, Canon 1; Denz. 1806).
Hindu worship encompasses a large range of deities — who or what is adored can differ from individual to individual and will depend on a number of factors, including regional traditions and personal preferences. Among the most popular gods many Hindus worship are Shiva, Ganesha, Vishnu, Hanuman, and Durga.
As the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1910 notes:
In the pantheistic all-god Brahma, the whole world of deities, spirits, and other objects of worship is contained, so that Hinduism adapts itself to every form of religion, from the lofty monotheism of the cultivated Brahmin to the degraded nature-worship of the ignorant, half savage peasant. Hinduism, to quote Monier Williams, “has something to offer which is suited to all minds. Its very strength lies in its infinite adaptability to the infinite diversity of human characters and human tendencies. It has its highly spiritual and abstract side suited to the metaphysical philosopher — its practical and concrete side suited to the man of affairs and the man of the world — its esthetic and ceremonial side suited to the man of poetic feeling and imagination — its quiescent and contemplative side suited to the man of peace and lover of seclusion. Nay, it holds out the right hand of brotherhood to nature-worshippers, demon-worshippers, animal-worshippers, tree-worshippers, fetish-worshippers. It does not scruple to permit the most grotesque forms of idolatry, and the most degrading varieties of superstition. And it is to this latter fact that yet another remarkable peculiarity of Hinduism is mainly due — namely, that in no other system in the world is the chasm more vast which separates the religion of the higher, cultured, and thoughtful classes from that of the lower, uncultured, and unthinking masses” (Brahmanism and Hinduism, 1891, p. 11).
(Catholic Encyclopedia, s.v. “Hinduism”)
Here we also wish to recall the frightfully absurd praise of Hinduism by ‘Bishop’ Paolo Martinelli last year, when he claimed that the world “needs” Hindu temples to remind it of God’s presence:
One final observation is in order.
The text of the Vatican’s Diwali message this year contains the following statement: “Fraternity enables us to recognize the face of God in others and to stand in solidarity with them, especially the poor and the weak”. What may sound pious and benevolent at first becomes a little more sobering when we consider that one of the Hindu gods (idols) is Ganesh, and it looks like this:
The face of God, according to the Vatican?!
(image: 10Pic/Shutterstock)
Let us be on our guard, therefore, when the Vatican tells Hindus to “recognize the face of God in others.”
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