Bishop Who Participated in Freemasonry Event Affirms Its Incompatibility With Catholicism
The president of the Pontifical Academy of Theology spoke with Vatican News this week.
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Report: Cardinal Calls for ‘Permanent’ Dialogue with Freemasons
Following a closed-door meeting in Milan, Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmiero reportedly said he believed ‘an evolution in mutual understanding’ had taken place between masonry and the Church over the past 50 years.
Explainer: Why Can’t a Catholic Join the Freemasons?
The Church has long opposed the fraternal organization and teaches that joining any Masonic association is a grave sin that bars one from receiving Communion.
Vatican Doctrine Office Reaffirms That Catholics Cannot Be Freemasons
The Catholic Church’s prohibition on Freemasonry dates back to Pope Clement XII, who formally condemned it in a papal bull in 1738.
Confessions of a Former Freemason Officer, Converted to Catholicism
Serge Abad Gallardo, a former senior official of the French government and venerable master of the Freemasons, reveals Freemasonry’s anti-Christian spiritual and ideological roots and its impact on democratic political life.
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