“A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, 'You are mad; you are not like us.” ― St. Antony the Great
It was ten years ago today. Has there been even a day of peace for Catholics? I knew nothing of Jorge Bergoglio but when he came out on the loggia, I had chills and wanted to vomit, it went on for hours. There was a reason.
"Nothing will be the same again." When the enemy tells you what they're going to do, believe them.
Saturday, 28 February 2015
Grand Orient Masonic Lodge of Italy - Martini, McCarrick and how nothing would be the same again
Oh we have so much we could write but instead, I'll just give you these pictures and links to a couple of other sites and a search for you to find it all. I have written previously of the comment, "nothing will be the same again" as stated by the Grande Oriente d'Italia upon the election of Pope Francis. The Masonic Press Agency was publicising it as well and leave most of it for you to find and spread to all the Catholic world.
So let us see, we have a powerful man telling this Cardinal that said that Jorge Bergoglio can change it in five years and one that could potentially be blackmailed to make it so and talk him up and then when it all happens the Lodge issues a statement that "nothing will be the same." Oh, one more thing; they failed in 2005 when Joseph Ratzinger was elected as Pope. Martini was their man and when they couldn't get him elected they drove the gentle Pope from his office. You can figure the rest out. So be it.
Our Blessed Lord Jesus Christ said, "Go into all nations preaching the good news and baptising in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." It is known as The Great Commission. "Dialogue" must be about preaching Christ and Salvation through the Church. This action and others by Bergoglio are humanistic and masonic.
It was eight years ago this very morning. I, like most of you in the eastern time zone, was getting dressed for work, it was the 6AM news. Pope Benedict XVI had renounced the papacy and called for a Conclave to elect a new pope. I was dumbfounded and left in near shock. The next few weeks were filled with uncertainty and fear, but hopeful that with a College that elected him and added to by him, we would emerge with the right man. Could it be Schola? Perhaps even Burke? Naive was I and anesthetized by the illusion and the hopes so falsely raised during that Pontificate. Yet, one thing will stand out and for that, we must be truly thankful, - Summorum Pontificum. This is the one act that has given us the weapon to battle. Bergoglio will not take it, he would not dare. A few weeks later, a man walked out on the loggia. I knew something was wrong. It was my view that the Conclave was too fast, it gave me the feeling that it was not sincere, that somehow, they did not listen to the Holy Spirit. As he came out and I watched him, with that cold stare, the silence, the "good evening," I felt the urge to vomit; it lasted for hours. My wife felt the same and I have come to know of hundreds of others with similar reactions. Jorge Mario Bergoglio? Who was he? I did not know who he was, but I knew, it was not good. What I do know is that Joseph Ratzinger abandoned his children to the wolves. Perhaps we did not pray enough that he would not "flee" for fear of them, but our father abandoned his children and left us to a cruel and vindictive step-father. I loved Joseph Ratzinger, I miss him terribly. Today, I can only look at him with sadness and pity. There are too many unanswered questions about Ratzinger's renouncement and Bergoglio's election. Numerous times I have posted the comments by the Freemasons in Italy and Argentina praising his election. Numerous times I have posted the address by Cardinal "Uncle Teddy" McCarrick about his own conspiracy to elect Bergoglio and how he was lobbied by a powerful and influential Roman.
18:20 Just before we went into the general conversations when everybody can talk, a very interesting and influential Italian gentleman came to ask if he could come and see me, so I said “sure.”
He came to see me at the Seminary, at the American College where I was staying; and we sat down. He is a very brilliant man, a very influential man in Rome and we talked about a number of things. He had a favour to ask me when I get back to the United States, but then he asked,
“What about Bergoglio?”
I was surprised at the question, I said, “what about him.”
He said, “Does he have a chance?”
I said, “I don’t think so, because no one has mentioned his name, he hasn’t been in anybody’s mind, I don’t think it’s on anybody’s mind to vote for him.”
He said, “He could do it you know.”
I said, “What could he do?”
He said, “He could reform the Church, if we gave him five years,he could put us back on target. “
“Well, he’s 76.”
“Yeah, in five years, if he had five years. The Lord working through Bergoglio in five years could make the Church over again.”
I said, “That’s an interesting thing.”
“I know you’re his friend.”
“Well, I hope I’m his friend.”
He said, “Talk him up.”
That was the first that I heard from people that Bergoglio would be a possibility in this election.
(...)
I hope that the new, that the one who is elected Pope, will be someone who, if he is not himself a Latin American, would at least have a very strong interest in Latin America”. “Was that part of it? Who knows? What is it my friend said? “Push Bergoglio”? Did he say it to a lot of people? I don’t know.”
Consider this then.
Gustavo Raffi, Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Italy
"With the election of Pope Francis nothing will ever be the same again. With Pope Francis,nothing will be more as it was before. It is a clear choice of fraternity for a Church of dialogue, which is not contaminated by the logic and temptations of temporal power"
“A man of the poor far away from the Curia. Fraternity and the desire to dialogue were his first concrete words. Perhaps nothing in the Church will be as it was before. Our hope is that the pontificate of Francis, the Pope who 'comes from the end of the world' can mark the return to the Church-Word instead of the Church-Institution, promoting an open dialogue with the contemporary world, with believers and non-believers, following the springtime of Vatican II."
"The Jesuit who is close to the least ones of history," Raffi continues, "has the great opportunity to show the world the face of a Church that must recover the announcement of a new humanity, not the weight of an institution that closes itself off in defense of its own privileges. Bergoglio knows real life and will remember the lesson of one of his favorite theologians, Romano Guardini, for whom the truth of love cannot be stopped.
The campaign slogan “Make America Great Again,” resonated with millions of common Americans and your tenacity in pushing back against many of the most harmful recent trends has been most inspiring. We all look forward to seeing a continued reversal of the collectivist trends of recent decades.
Reversing recent collectivist trends will, by necessity, require a reversal of many of the actions taken by the previous administration. Among those actions, we believe that there is one that remains cloaked in secrecy. Specifically, we have reason to believe that a Vatican “regime change” was engineered by the Obama administration.
We were alarmed to discover that, during the third year of the first term of the Obama administration your previous opponent, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and other government officials with whom she associated proposed a Catholic “revolution” in which the final demise of what was left of the Catholic Church in America would be realized.[1] Approximately a year after this e-mail discussion, which was never intended to be made public, we find that Pope Benedict XVI abdicated under highly unusual circumstances and was replaced by a pope whose apparent mission is to provide a spiritual component to the radical ideological agenda of the international left. [2] The Pontificate of Pope Francis has subsequently called into question its own legitimacy on a multitude of occasions. [3]
During the 2016 presidential campaign, we were astonished to witness Pope Francis actively campaigning against your proposed policies concerning the securing of our borders, and even going so far as to suggest that you are not a Christian [4]. We appreciated your prompt and pointed response to this disgraceful accusation [5].
We remain puzzled by the behaviour of this ideologically charged Pope, whose mission seems to be one of advancing secular agendas of the left rather than guiding the Catholic Church in Her sacred mission. It is simply not the proper role of a Pope to be involved in politics to the point that he is considered to be the leader of the international left.
While we share your stated goal for America, we believe that the path to “greatness” is for America to be “good” again, to paraphrase de Tocqueville. We understand that good character cannot be forced on people, but the opportunity to live our lives as good Catholics has been made increasingly difficult by what appears to be a collision between a hostile United States government and a pope who seems to hold as much ill will towards followers of perennial Catholic teachings as he seems to hold toward yourself.
With all of this in mind, and wishing the best for our country as well as for Catholics worldwide, we believe it to be the responsibility of loyal and informed United States Catholics to petition you to authorize an investigation into the following questions:
- To what end was the National Security Agency monitoring the conclave that elected Pope Francis? [6]
- What other covert operations were carried out by US government operatives concerning the resignation of Pope Benedict or the conclave that elected Pope Francis?
- Did US government operatives have contact with the “Cardinal Danneels Mafia”? [7]
- International monetary transactions with the Vatican were suspended during the last few days prior to the resignation of Pope Benedict. Were any U.S. Government agencies involved in this? [8]
- Why were international monetary transactions resumed on February 12, 2013, the day after Benedict XVI announced his resignation? Was this pure coincidence? [9]
- What actions, if any, were actually taken by John Podesta, Hillary Clinton, and others tied to the Obama administration who were involved in the discussion proposing the fomenting of a “Catholic Spring”?
- What was the purpose and nature of the secret meeting between Vice President Joseph Biden and Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on or about June 3, 2011?
- What roles were played by George Soros and other international financiers who may be currently residing in United States territory? [10]
We believe that the very existence of these unanswered questions provides sufficient evidence to warrant this request for an investigation.
Should such an investigation reveal that the U.S. government interfered inappropriately into the affairs of the Catholic Church, we further request the release of the results so that Catholics may request appropriate action from those elements of our hierarchy who remain loyal to the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Please understand that we are not requesting an investigation into the Catholic Church; we are simply asking for an investigation into recent activities of the U.S. Government, of which you are now the chief executive.
Thank you again, and be assured of our most sincere prayers.
Respectfully,
David L. Sonnier, LTC US ARMY (Retired)
Michael J. Matt, Editor of The Remnant
Christopher A. Ferrara (President of The American Catholic Lawyers Association, Inc.)
Human fraternity, or "brotherhood," who could argue with that, right? When that "fraternity" debases the One, True, Faith given to mankind by Our Lord Jesus Christ for our salvation, then there is much to argue with. Jorge Mario Bergoglio is the pope that of the Alta Vendita, the pope that the Freemasons longed to see who would do their will. Never forget this. - With Bergoglio, "Nothing will be the same again." We cannot say that we were not warned.
From Vatican News:
A Celebration of Human Fraternity
The first public event hosted by the Higher Committee
implementing the Document on Human Fraternity took place at the New York City
Public Library on Friday, bringing together hundreds of people from different
religious and cultural backgrounds.
By Sr. Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp, New York
The New York City Public Library was the site of A
Celebration of Human Fraternity on Friday. This is the first public event in
which the members of the Higher Committee formed to implement the Document on
Human Fraternity took part together. That historic document was signed in
February 2019 by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed el-Tayeb,
during the Year of Tolerance.
Hundreds of people gathered from a variety of faith
traditions. Many of them feel akin to the values proposed in the Document. The
Rev. Dr. T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki calls himself a Peace Ambassador. He is
interested in knowing why the term “human fraternity” is being used and wanted
to make sure that the Buddhist tradition was represented at the Celebration.
Deacon Mike and his wife Ruth explained that the company that Mike works for is
working on the design and strategy of the Abrahamic Family House to be unveiled
at the end of the event. Eban Heath is an artist and sculptor who has done work
in the Gulf. He feels attracted to the work the Committee is doing because his
own art, along with a passion for bringing words to life, represents culture
and shows what can happen when different cultures “begin to dance together”.
Time for positive proposals
Committee President, Cardinal-Elect Miguel Ayuso, expressed
that the Holy See has done so much to counteract evil. Now, he said, it is time
“to propose in a positive way that the human family can live fraternally
together”. Being on the Committee is a culmination of what has been his life
work: “creating dialogue in order to overcome fear in hearts and souls”, he
said.
Healing a fractured world
Newly added to the Committee, Rabbi Bruce Lustig spoke about
the importance of the Document and the Committee who will be actualizing it. It
was incredible, he said, to see two world religious leaders sign a document
which is a watershed in bringing Jews, Christians and Muslims together. He
added that the members of the Committee are dedicated to bring healing to a
fractured world.
Greatest declaration signed in recent history
His Excellency Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak is also a member
of the Committee, represented the United Arab Emirates. He commented on the
fact that in a world where so much divides, the UAE is committed to uniting. As
a beacon of light, the UAE wants to shed light in a dark world and has taken a
stand through bringing the Document on Human Fraternity to the light. That
declaration, he said, “is the greatest signed in recent days”.
Three churches, one foundation
Sir David Adjaye Obe presented the architectural plans for
the Abrahamic Family House. This will be the first concrete implementation of
the Document on Human Fraternity. Plans to build a church, a mosque and a
synagogue in Abu Dhabi are already under way, he said. Three different houses
of worship will be united with a single foundation around a garden—an image
that has important significance in each of the world’s three major religions.
These three places of worship will be contemporary in their design while
remaining faithful to the narrative of each religion, Sr David explained.
Project unveiled
As promised, the evening ended with the unveiling of a model
of the Abrahamic Family House. The spirit of human fraternity that it is meant
to inspire, however, is already at work among the guests who left the event
enriched by the contact they made with other people from different cultural and
religious backgrounds.
The Synod in the Amazon comes up this October. What is it with these German bishops? Oh, right, Luther, Hegel, Weishaupt, Neitzsche are some of the reasons.
This effeminate says that "nothing will be the same again."
Grand Master Raffi: "With Pope Francis, nothing will be
more as it was before. It is a clear choice of fraternity for a Church of
dialogue, which is not contaminated by the logic and temptations of temporal
power"
"A man of the poor far away from the Curia. Fraternity
and the desire to dialogue were his first concrete words. Perhaps nothing in
the Church will be as it was before. Our hope is that the pontificate of
Francis, the Pope who 'comes from the end of the world' can mark the return to
the Church-Word instead of the Church-Institution, promoting an open dialogue
with the contemporary world, with believers and non-believers, following the
springtime of Vatican II." These were the comments of Gustavo Raffi, Grand
Master of the Grand Orient of Italy, at the beginning of the pontificate of
Francis, in the world Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
"The Jesuit who is close to the least ones of
history," Raffi continues, "has the great opportunity to show the
world the face of a Church that must recover the announcement of a new
humanity, not the weight of an institution that closes itself off in defense of
its own privileges. Bergoglio knows real life and will remember the lesson of
one of his favorite theologians, Romano Guardini, for whom the truth of love
cannot be stopped.
Originally published on April 28, 2016, it is good to see that this information has finally come to light by more prominent writers.
Given the explosive Testimony of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, this self-incrimination by McCarrick reveals as much about Pope Francis and what was owe"dd to McCarrick for "talking him up."
According to Viganò, without McCarrick, there would be no Bishop McElroy, or no Cardinals Tobin, Farrell or Cupich.
Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, former Archbishop of Washington during a talk at Villanova University gave the following recollection of a conversation with an "influential" Roman during the period before the Conclave which elected Jorge Bergoglio as Bishop of Rome.
18:20 Just before we went into the general conversations when everybody can talk, a very interesting and influential Italian gentleman came to ask if he could come and see me, so I said “sure.”
He came to see me at the Seminary, at the American College where I was staying; and we sat down. He is a very brilliant man, a very influential man in Rome and we talked about a number of things. He had a favour to ask me when I get back to the United States, but then he asked,
“What about Bergoglio?”
I was surprised at the question, I said, “what about him.”
He said, “Does he have a chance?”
I said, “I don’t think so, because no one has mentioned his name, he hasn’t been in anybody’s mind, I don’t think it’s on anybody’s mind to vote for him.”
He said, “He could do it you know.”
I said, “What could he do?”
He said, “He could reform the Church, if we gave him five years,he could put us back on target. “
“Well, he’s 76.”
“Yeah, in five years, if he had five years. The Lord working through Bergoglio in five years could make the Church over again.”
I said, “That’s an interesting thing.”
“I know you’re his friend.”
“Well, I hope I’m his friend.”
He said, “Talk him up.”
That was the first that I heard from people that Bergoglio would be a possibility in this election.
(...)
I hope that the new, that the one who is elected Pope, will be someone who, if he is not himself a Latin American, would at least have a very strong interest in Latin America”. “Was that part of it? Who knows? What is it my friend said? “Push Bergoglio”? Did he say it to a lot of people? I don’t know.”
Consider this then.
Gustavo Raffi, Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Italy
"With the election of Pope Francis nothing will ever be the same again. With Pope Francis,nothing will be more as it was before. It is a clear choice of fraternity for a Church of dialogue, which is not contaminated by the logic and temptations of temporal power"
“A man of the poor far away from the Curia. Fraternity and the desire to dialoguewere his first concrete words. Perhaps nothing in the Church will be as it was before. Our hope is that the pontificate of Francis, the Pope who 'comes from the end of the world' can mark the return to the Church-Word instead of the Church-Institution, promoting an open dialogue with the contemporary world, with believers and non-believers, following the springtime of Vatican II."
"The Jesuit who is close to the least ones of history," Raffi continues, "has the great opportunity to show the world the face of a Church that must recover the announcement of a new humanity, not the weight of an institution that closes itself off in defense of its own privileges. Bergoglio knows real life and will remember the lesson of one of his favorite theologians, Romano Guardini, for whom the truth of love cannot be stopped.
"Dialogue, dialogue, dialogue!" This, he said, is the only way for individuals, families and societies to grow. He said fraternal relations between people and cooperation in building a more just society are not some vague utopia but the fruit of a concerted effort on the part of all, in service of the common good.
Promoted on the Twitter page of the Masonic Grand Orient Lodge of Italy is this conference to take place on November 12 in Siracusa (Syracuse) located on the southwest coast of Sicily with relevant reading at:
See also our own writings on the Grand Lodge of Italy and their praise, still existing on the Masonic Press Agency web page, that under Bergoglio, "nothing will be the same again."
Two videos below, both from the last few days, show
two very different aspects of Pope Francis.
On one hand, the Pope has two roles, he is the
Chief Shepherd of the Church and the people of God; on the other, Pope of the
Vatican City State with all the internationalist and diplomatic entanglements
and niceties that go along with it. In fairness to Frances, Pope Benedict XVI
and John Paul II in the to be described, would not have done differently.
Yet, the fact that any modern Pope would not have
acted differently displays for all the deep-seated evil that has befallen the
Church.
First, we have a video of a recent audience where
he opines some examples of fortune tellers and that real hope is free and is in
Jesus Christ.
A Muslim gives the Pope a gift of a graven image of
a pagan god!
My gosh, where does one even begin to get one's
head around that? He's not even a good Muslim!
The Satanic infiltration of Modernism and
Freemasonry into the Vatican and its whole diplomatic mission has caused the
Vatican City State and its Popes to betray its true mission.
Yesterday, as noted in the traditional calendar
before even 1960, was the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter in Rome (now combined
on February 22 incorporating it and the Feast of the Chair at Antioch). If St.
Peter met the King of an African tribe nearly two thousand years ago, he would
have smiled and been warm to him. But he would not have failed to preach to him
he must come to Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church in order to be saved.
He most certainly would not have accepted a gift of
a pagan idol, even to be nice.
How can we have a Popes who one day, preach against
idolatry and fortune tellers and only a few days later, accept a graven image
as a diplomatic gift.
A canticle for David himself, when the house wasbuilt after the captivity. Sing ye to the Lord anew canticle: sing to the Lord, all the earth.
2 Sing ye to the Lord and bless his name: shewforth his salvation from day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the Gentiles: hiswonders among all people.
4 For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to bepraised: he is to be feared above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils:but the Lord made the heavens.
6 Praise and beauty are before him: holinessand majesty in his sanctuary.
7 Bring ye to the Lord, O ye kindreds of theGentiles, bring ye to the Lord glory and honour:
8 Bring to the Lord glory unto his name.Bring up sacrifices, and come into his courts:
9 Adore ye the Lord in his holy court. Let allthe earth be moved at his presence.
10 Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hathreigned. For he hath corrected the world, whichshall not be moved: he will judge the people withjustice.
11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earthbe glad, let the sea be moved, and the fullnessthereof:
12 The fields and all things that are in themshall be joyful. Then shall all the trees of thewoods rejoice
13 before the face of the Lord, because hecometh: because he cometh to judge the earth.He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with his truth.
Grand Orient Masonic Lodge of Italy - Martini, McCarrick and how nothing would be the same again
Oh we have so much we could write but instead, I'll just give you these pictures and linksto a couple of other sites and a search for you to find it all. I have written previously of the comment, "nothing will be the same again" as stated by the Grande Oriente d'Italia upon the election of Pope Francis. The Masonic Press Agency was publicising it as well and leave most of it for you to find and spread to all the Catholic world. Here again is the video of that former Archbishop of Washington Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, indicating that he was lobbied to vote for Jorge Bergoglio. So let us see, we have a powerful man telling this Cardinal that said that Jorge Bergoglio can change it in five years and one that could potentially be blackmailed to make it so and talk him up and then when it all happens the Lodge issues a statement that "nothing will be the same." Oh, one more thing; they failed in 2005 when Joseph Ratzinger was elected as Pope. Martini was their man and when they couldn't get him elected they drove the gentle Pope from his office. You can figure the rest out. So be it.
Father Bergoglio does not genuflect at Mass,
but he grovels to wash the feet of man.
In his letter to the Kasperian, Vincenzo
Paglia, on his appointment to the new dicastery, Bergoglio writes:
“To kneel before the wounds of the human
person, in order to understand them, care for them and heal them, is the duty
of a Church that trusts in the light and the strength of the risen Christ,”
More nonsense emanating form the mind and mouth of this man we call Pope!
And more diabolical disorientation from this Paglia, who, according to Crux:
Along with writings of Pope Francis and other
Vatican initiatives, Archbishop Vicenzo Paglia told the United Nations on
Thursday that thanks to 'phenomena like the media production “Modern Family,”’
or same-sex marriage initiatives in a significant number of jurisdictions, the
family has become the subject of increasingly intense interest and discussion.”
Let us ask the question.
Is Vincenzo Paglia a homosexual? Earlier today, in Rome, Father Bergoglio, its Bishop also said:
“He shows them that the few loaves and fishes they have, with the
power of faith and of prayer, can be shared by all the people,” the Pope said.
“It is a miracle that he does, but it is the miracle of faith, of prayer with
compassion and love.”
Pure, unadulterated, insanity and heresy. The fish and loaves were multiplied miraculously by Our Lord Jesus Christ. It was not through "sharing."
An unacceptable statement by Bergoglio
An unacceptable appointment by the Bishop of Rome intent on "making a mess" and creating "chaos." Yes, "order out of chaos" the motto of a 33rd Degree Freemason.
No, we do not kneel before the wounds of man, we kneel to God and HIs wounds. We comfort our neighbour, we tend to his wounds, we aid the best we can but we kneel to God and Him alone, Father, Son and Holy Ghost!
Below are two documents from the Vatican on the matter of Freemasonry and "similar associations."
Given that Rotary, and the Lion's Club, were founded by the same Freemason, one can reasonable ask the question, "are these amongst the "similar associations" referred to?"
On 19 July 1974 this Congregation wrote to some Episcopal Conferences a private letter concerning the interpretation of can 2335 of the Code of Canon Law which forbids Catholics, under the penalty of excommunication, to enroll in Masonic or other similar associations.
Since the said letter has become public and has given rise to erroneous and tendentious interpretations, this Congregation, without prejudice to the eventual norms of the new Code, issues the following confirmation and clarification:
1) the present canonical discipline remains in full force and has not been modified in any way;
2) consequently, neither the excommunication nor the other penalties envisaged have been abrogated;
3) what was said in the aforesaid letter as regards the interpretation to be given to the canon in question should be understood – as the Congregation intended – merely as a reminder of the general principles of interpretation of penal laws for the solution of the cases of individual persons which may be submitted to the judgment of ordinaries. It was not, however, the intention of the Congregation to permit Episcopal Conferences to issue public pronouncements by way of a judgment of a general character on the nature of Masonic associations, which would imply a derogation from the aforesaid norms.
Rome, from the Office of the S. Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 17 February 1981.
Franjo Cardinal Seper
Prefect
Fr. Jerome Hamer, O.P.Titular Archbishop of Lorium
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 in 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 association 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 enrol 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 on 17 February 1981 (cf. AAS 73 1981 pp. 240-241; English language edition of L’Osservatore Romano, 9March 1981).
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, 26 November 1983.
