Many of our Catholics, especially the young adults, need to understand this and follow the Church’s direction, particularly at a time when some individuals are presenting Freemasonry as a desirable association. As a Church, the words of Proverbs 22:6 are of great importance in moulding our younger generation: ‘Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.’
On 26 November 1983, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in a document titled Declaration on Masonic Associations, declared that ‘Masonic principles are irreconcilable with the doctrine of the Church, and that Catholic membership in Freemasonry remains forbidden.’ Catholics who are Freemasons are, therefore, in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion.
Freemasonry seeks the destruction of the Church. Some of its principles denigrate Jesus Christ, our Lord and God, by placing Him on the same level as Buddha, Krishna, Confucius, and others. Prayers through Christ are omitted and instead directed to the so-called Great Architect of the Universe.
