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        It has been asked whether there has been any change in the Church's decision in regard to Masonic associations since the new Code of Canon Law does not mention them expressly, unlike the previous code.

        This sacred congregation is in a position to reply that this circumstance is due to an editorial criterion which was followed also in the case of other associations likewise unmentioned inasmuch as they are contained in wider categories.

        Therefore, the Church's negative judgment in regard to Masonic associations remains unchanged since their principles have always been considered irreconcilable with the doctrine of the Church and, therefore, membership in them remains forbidden. The faithful, who enroll in Masonic associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion.

        It is not within the competence of local ecclesiastical authorities to give a judgment on the nature of Masonic associations which would imply a derogation from what has been decided above, and this in line with the declaration of this sacred congregation issued Feb. 17,1981. [1]

        In an audience granted to the undersigned cardinal prefect, the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II approved and ordered the publication of this declaration which had been decided in an ordinary meeting of this sacred congregation.

Rome, from the Office of the Sacred Congregation
for the Doctrine of the Faith, Nov. 26, 1983

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect
Father Jerome Hamer, O.P., Titular Archbishop of Lorium, Secretary

1. Cf. AAS 73 (1981) pp. 240-241.

       

  09/01   Masonry Exposed – World domination with a one world universalist type
free thinking religion. Any recognition of a god, including Satan, is acceptable.

Homosexuals, Freemasons and Others – Infiltrate the Catholic Church

Humanum Genus – Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on Freemasonry, 1884 AD
This is unchangeable teaching of the Church in regard to Freemasonry
and its subdivisions at all levels throughout the Universe.

Albert Pike – Sovereign Pontiff of Universal Freemasonry
"Yes, Lucifer is God, and unfortunately Adonay is also God."

THE ANTI-PRIESTS – Communism in the Church.

Status of Catholics Becoming Freemasons – 1981 AD
Clarification concerning confusions following Vatican Council II

Secret Meanings of Masonic Symbols and Goals – by Robert Goldsborough

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