{"id":774,"date":"2023-12-27T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T21:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=774"},"modified":"2024-05-16T22:22:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T22:22:50","slug":"catholic-bishop-john-louis-dont-encourage-lgbtqi-activities-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=774","title":{"rendered":"Catholic bishop John Louis: Don\u2019t encourage LGBTQI+ activities in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Sarabun; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative;\">\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<figure style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative;\"><figcaption style=\"background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border: 0px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 11.7px; left: 0px; line-height: 1.8; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 5px 10px; position: absolute;\">\u00a0Most Reverend John Kobina Louis, the Auxiliary Bishop of Accra Archdiocese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Sarabun; font-size: 15px; height: auto !important; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 30px;\">\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px auto 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; z-index: 2;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Most reverend\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/parliament-will-resist-attempt-to-smuggle-lgbtqi-into-ghanaian-culture-ricketts-hagan\/\">John Kobina Louis<\/a>, the Auxiliary Bishop of Accra Archdiocese has said Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (<a style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/threats-will-not-compel-us-to-abandon-views-on-lgbtqi-says-bagbin\/\">LGBTQI+<\/a>) practices are an abomination to\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/playback-episcopal-ordination-of-two-auxiliary-bishops-for-catholic-archdiocese-of-accra\/\">Ghanaian culture<\/a>\u00a0as such they must not be encouraged in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">His comment comes after Pope Francis formally permitted\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/pope-franciss-visit-to-africa-comes-at-a-defining-moment-for-the-catholic-church\/\">Roman Catholic<\/a>\u00a0priests to bless same-sex couples in a significant shift in Vatican doctrine.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 780px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; opacity: 0; outline: none; overflow: hidden; 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box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">The blessings may be carried out provided they are not part of regular\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/rally-round-youth-in-agriculture-programme-akufo-addo-charges-young-ghanaians\/\">church rituals or liturgies,<\/a>\u00a0nor at the same time as a civil union, according to a Vatican document approved by the pope.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Speaking in an interview with the media on the sidelines of a visit to St John of God Catholic Church at Amrahia in the Greater Accra Region on Sunday (24 December), Louis said God\u2019s commandment is against such practices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-188057\" style=\"border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Louis-welcome.jpg?resize=650%2C498&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Louis-welcome-scaled.jpg?resize=650%2C498&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Louis-welcome-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C785&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Louis-welcome-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C588&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Louis-welcome-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1177&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Louis-welcome-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1569&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Louis-welcome-scaled.jpg?w=1416&amp;ssl=1 1416w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Louis-welcome-scaled.jpg?w=2124&amp;ssl=1 2124w\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"498\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\u201cGod is the creator of the world, He also created man in his own image, so the Bible makes us understand that in the beginning, God created man and woman in his own image and created marriage so that we can procreate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; list-style: none; margin: 6px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; z-index: 2;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\u201cSo, marriage is between man and woman, it is not something that man instituted, after he was created. It is God who instituted marriage. So, in recent times this issue about gay marriage and LGBT, God\u2019s commandment is against it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\u201cIt is an abomination that a man should marry a man or a woman should marry a woman as a couple. Even our culture frowns upon it, so Ghanaians, or African or the world must not encourage such practice,\u201d Louis said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">The Auxiliary Bishop of Accra Archdiocese confirmed some candidate who had prepared to receive the sacrament of confirmation from St John of God and two out stations namely St John Paull II and St Cyril.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-188043\" style=\"border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Confirm-1.jpg?resize=650%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Confirm-1.jpg?resize=650%2C488&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Confirm-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Confirm-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Confirm-1.jpg?w=1040&amp;ssl=1 1040w\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Mission house<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">He also used the opportunity to cut the sod for the construction of a mission house for the St John of God Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">The mission house is one of the requirements necessary for the church to attain the status of a parish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-188044\" style=\"border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Confirm-3.jpg?resize=650%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Confirm-3.jpg?resize=650%2C488&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Confirm-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Confirm-3.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Confirm-3.jpg?w=1040&amp;ssl=1 1040w\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">The mass was attended by some dignitaries including the Member of Parliament for the Adentan Constituency, Mohammed Adamu Ramadan, municipal chief executive of Adentan, Daniel Alexander Nii Noi Adumuah and a representative of the chief of Amrahia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-188056\" style=\"border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MCE-RAMA.jpg?resize=650%2C424&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MCE-RAMA-scaled.jpg?resize=650%2C424&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MCE-RAMA-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C668&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MCE-RAMA-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C501&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MCE-RAMA-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1002&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MCE-RAMA-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1336&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MCE-RAMA-scaled.jpg?w=1416&amp;ssl=1 1416w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MCE-RAMA-scaled.jpg?w=2124&amp;ssl=1 2124w\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"424\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; 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