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Outrage after Kali idol turned into Mother Mary at Mumbai temple; priest arrested



The incident occurred on Saturday at the Kali temple located inside the Hindu cremation ground at Anik Village. A photo shows the goddess’s idol dressed in golden robes and wearing a large crown with white embellishments and a prominent golden cross mounted on top.

The face of the deity, traditionally depicted with black or deep blue skin, had been painted white. The idol was shown holding a child figure in her arm, presumed to represent baby Jesus.

The backdrop of the shrine had also been changed to a red cloth featuring a large golden cross, with decorative fairy lights and tinsel draped on both sides.

When devotees asked the temple priest what happened, he claimed the goddess appeared in his dream and instructed him to "adorn her in the form of Mother Mary".

Police swung into action after the vandalism was reported. The Kali idol was restored to its original state in the presence of police to prevent rumours or unrest in the area, officials said.

Right-wing groups, including the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, condemned the incident and demanded that all those behind the act be identified and prosecuted. The activists also urged the police and state government to take strong measures to maintain law and order in the area.

https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/cities/mum...2025-11-25

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Meanwhile... What do Catholic priests really know about the aliens from outer space and will they ever disclose it to us?

Catholic filmmaker investigates UFO mysteries at the Vatican

A widely discussed new documentary about UFOs, “Age of Disclosure,” includes an allegation from a former CIA official that the Vatican holds evidence of the existence of non-human intelligence — and he does not mean angels.

Such claims have prompted Catholic filmmaker Sam Sorich to make his own documentary, which he says will investigate the allegation and articulate a Catholic response to the controversy now drawing the attention of U.S. lawmakers.

Catholic News Service followed Sorich’s team Oct. 31 as they filmed a scene in which Jesse Michels, a popular podcaster-researcher, was given a guided tour of a fascist-era military bunker in San Oreste, Italy, where the technology behind the alleged craft was said to have been studied.

“There was a well-known connection between this place and the Vatican,” Gregory Paolucci, founder of the Bunker Soratte museum and mayor of San Oreste, told the filmmakers in a segment filmed in front of a large, early-1940s photograph of Pope Pius XII that is part of the bunker’s display.

“We know the connection is real” between the bunker and the Vatican, Paolucci said, but he has never been able to confirm whether any of those connections relate to the alleged UFO and Pope Pius supposedly passing information about it to the U.S. government.

Former Vatican Observatory director Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno said the observatory’s policy during his tenure — and still, as far as he knows — was to avoid the topic of UFOs in the media.

“The subject of UFOs — or whatever they are calling them now — is a very touchy one. Most everything done about them is tainted badly by the charlatans who have poisoned the topic, and having a few reliable voices isn’t enough to stem the tide,” Brother Consolmagno said.

“Sadly, having been burned in the past, we’ve made the decision at the Vatican Observatory to simply avoid talking about the topic at all,” he said. “We simply can’t afford to be associated with it.”

Another lead Sorich pursued was a series of meetings — previously reported in the Italian press with headlines such as “Holy See Opens to UFOs” and “The Extraterrestrial Lands in the Vatican” — in which priests and theologians reportedly discussed UFOs at the Church of St. Anne inside the Vatican walls.

Sorich told CNS that, in addition to theologians and experts, he has interviewed Catholics who have reported UFO sightings or other paranormal events that do not fit neatly into classic angel-or-demon categories. Among them, he said, are an Italian priest, seminary professors and well-known figures in Catholic media.

In one segment filmed for the documentary in early November, former military chaplain Father Matthew Gray said he was told by highly credentialed people he trusted in the military that the U.S. government has recovered crashed UFOs.

Sorich, who teaches filmmaking at John Paul the Great Catholic University in San Diego, said he sees his work on UFOs as part of the listening and dialogue with contemporary culture that the church is calling for.

“UFO people are on the margins,” Sorich said. “They’ve been told that they’re crazy.”

“That has nothing to do with how you’re supposed to treat them, and love them and give them respect,” he said.

https://theleaven.org/catholic-filmmaker...e-vatican/