🚀 go-pugleaf

This is primarily to Robert Adams, Ron Boutwell, and
Trevor@wimsey.com, as well as to any other informed
Roman Catholics monitoring the net:

I guess the Church's position on Freemasonry has
again shifted.  At my Raising, at least two of the
brethren there were Roman Catholic, and were also
fellow Naval Officers.  Both were also active in the
Knights of Columbus.

I read an interesting article on "The Church of Rome
and Freemasonry (1738...1917...1983)" by Bro. Will Read
in Ars Quatuor Coronatorum Volume 104 (1991) which used
information up to about 1985 and concluded with a number
of statements which generally said as long as the Masonic
Lodge was "regular," Roman Catholics could be members.

He also concludes, that as the Church has changed positions
on numerous occasions in the past, each lodge would be well
advised to ensure that admission into Freemasonry would not
cause the candidate any hardship with regards to his status
in the Church.

I find it interesting that Masonry, which is NOT a religion
and has no ties to any particular religion would be the
target of such animosity from outside sources, while the KC,
which is ostensibly directly tied to the R.C. Church and is
indeed a specific religion would not be subject to the same
attacks as would otherwise be directed at the Vatican by some
rather ultra-conservative segments of Protestantism.

Could it be that, in continually clouding its recognition
and/or approval of Masonry, the Roman Catholic church itself is
providing fuel for the anti-Masons?

Bill