A senior Mormon apostle has said most Catholics don’t know who God is, who Jesus is or who the Holy Ghost is.
Elder M. Russell Ballard made this remark at a gathering in Argentina last year, but it has only recently come to light in media.
The comment has raised hackles both within and outside the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Near the end of an hour long address, Elder Ballard said: “Most people don’t know where they came from. They don’t know why they’re here, and they don’t know where they’re going.”
“And if they have a Catholic background, they don’t know who God is. They don’t know who the Saviour is; nor do they know who the Holy Ghost is.”