Rev. John Kwofie, Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, recently clarified the Catholic Church’s stance on Freemasonry during a media conversation. He emphasized that it is impossible to be a true member of the Catholic Church and a Freemason simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addressing concerns about potential changes in the Church’s teaching on Freemasonry, Archbishop Kwofie assured that the Church’s stance remains unchanged. “You cannot be a Catholic and a Freemason at the same time,” he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kwofie urged young Catholics to adhere to the Church’s teachings, which will guide them when confronted with Freemasonry. He warned that Catholics who join the Freemasons commit a grave sin and are ineligible to receive Holy Communion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra concluded by cautioning Catholics to avoid involvement with any form of Freemasonry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
_Catholic Church Stance on Freemasonry: Incompatible Beliefs_<\/p>\n
Rev. John Kwofie, Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, recently clarified the Catholic Church’s stance on Freemasonry during a media conversation. He emphasized that it is impossible to be a true member of the Catholic Church and a Freemason simultaneously.<\/p>\n
Addressing concerns about potential changes in the Church’s teaching on Freemasonry, Archbishop Kwofie assured that the Church’s stance remains unchanged. “You cannot be a Catholic and a Freemason at the same time,” he stated.<\/p>\n
Kwofie urged young Catholics to adhere to the Church’s teachings, which will guide them when confronted with Freemasonry. He warned that Catholics who join the Freemasons commit a grave sin and are ineligible to receive Holy Communion.<\/p>\n
The Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra concluded by cautioning Catholics to avoid involvement with any form of Freemasonry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5038,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033\/revisions\/5038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}