Resources: Incompatibility of Freemasonry with the Catholic Faith
Here are some recent official declarations of the Catholic Church on freemasonry and some articles. I post this so as to clear up any confusion on the
OFFICIAL POSITION of the Catholic Church. The matter is settled. Freemasonry is incompatible with the Catholic Faith. Catholics who become freemaosns are automatically
EXCOMMUNICATED. Period. Anything else you say simply doesn't change the official position of the Church.
- The Catholic Encyclopedia: Freemasonry
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09771a.htm
- What is the Catholic Church's official position on Freemasonry?
Are Catholics free to become Freemasons?
http://www.ewtn.com/library/ANSWERS/CAMASON1.HTM
"The Church has imposed the penalty of excommunication on Catholics
who become Freemasons. The penalty of excommunication for joining
the Masonic Lodge was explicit in the 1917 code of canon law (canon
2335), and it is implicit in the 1983 code (canon 1374)."
- CATHOLICISM VS. FREEMASONRY—IRRECONCILABLE FOREVER
Rev. Robert I. Bradley, S.J.
http://www.ewtn.com/library/ANSWERS/BACAFM.HTM
- QUAESITUM EST
Declaration on Masonic Associations
http://showcase.netins.net/web/clearlight/mason2.html
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.
(mannyamador's note: this means that a sermon of any Catholic priest DOES NOT have the authority
to change the official position of the Catholic Church).
The other posts onyl served to muddle the issue. There is no middle ground for Catholics. Sorry, springfield, but since you are already a freemason you are ALREADY EXCOMMUNICATED.