Cardinal Calls for ‘Permanent’ Dialogue with Freemasons

[Denise]

A 1983 document from the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith stated Masonic principles “have always been considered irreconcilable with the doctrine of the Church.” And last November, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith reaffirmed that stance, quoting the 1983 document that “active membership in Freemasonry by a member of the faithful is prohibited, because of the irreconcilability between Catholic doctrine and Freemasonry.”

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[MarieT]

indeed and part of the exorcism rite is to break any ties which a person through contact or descendants may have had with freemasonry....hence illustrating the dangerous nature