Author Topic: No penalty attaches to Catholic membership of the Masonic Order (Read 176 times)

Bonaventure · « **on:** December 17, 2019, 01:08:24 PM »

So says the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC).

Church Militant reports that in 2016, Stephen Michalak, then Grand Master of South Australia and the Northern Territory (present status unknown), and a practicing Roman Catholic, wrote the ACBC for a definitive statement on whether Catholics could be members of a Masonic Lodge. In a letter from July 2017, the ACBC responds, in part, with: "I can reiterate a directive first made by the bishops conference in 1984 and affirmed this year. No penalty attaches to Catholic membership of the Masonic Order."

In his letter, Michalak complained: "There is no consistency.... One parish priest will welcome [Masonic] brethren to receive the Sacraments, while another will condemn the action." <---This is true. And therein lies the problem. And here comes the ACBC, but instead of throwing a cold bucket of water on this fire, they throw gasoline.

Nadir · « **Reply #1 on:** December 17, 2019, 09:01:06 PM »

A more detailed report here:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/australian-bishops-respond-to-priest-claiming-catholics-can-be-freemasons

Author Topic: No penalty attaches to Catholic membership of the Masonic Order (Read 176 times)

Bonaventure

No penalty attaches to Catholic membership of the Masonic Order

Nadir

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