Thursday, May 22, 2025

Bishop Strickland Warns Against Freemasonry: ‘Incompatible With Our Catholic Faith’

 From lifesitenews.com and written by Robert Jones Wed May 21, 2025 - 10:50 am EDT

"(LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Joseph Strickland issued a public warning Tuesday May 20, 2025, about Freemasonry’s incompatibility with the Catholic faith.

“It is time for every Catholic to be clear that Freemasonry is INCOMPATIBLE with our Catholic faith,” Bishop Strickland wrote on X. “There is strong evidence that Freemasonry has infiltrated the leadership of the Church and done immense damage.”


Attached to the tweet was an infographic summarizing a 2023 clarification from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) about Freemasonry.


The image lists the following consequences for Catholics who join Masonic associations:

  • Prohibition from receiving Holy Communion
  • Ineligibility to serve as godparent or sponsor
  • Exclusion from parish ministries
  • Denial of Catholic funeral rites if unrepentant

It also cites Canon 1364 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, warning of automatic excommunication for members of secret societies.

Filipino bishops reaffirm the Church’s position

The CBCP statement, released in March 2023, stressed that the Church’s rejection of Freemasonry is rooted in its philosophical and theological incompatibility with Catholic doctrine.

The bishops acknowledged that the CBCP had twice appealed to the Holy See on behalf of the “Grand Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines” (FAMP), arguing it differed from anti-Catholic lodges. Both petitions were rejected, and the prohibition upheld.

“The faithful who enrol in Masonic associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion,” stated then-prefect Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, in a document that affirmed the irreconcilability of Masonic principles – including religious indifferentism and naturalism – with the faith.

A recurring concern

Though less visible today, Freemasonry remains a concern in Catholic discourse. The Church has condemned it for over two centuries, with popes such as Leo XIII and St. Pius X denouncing its principles as subversive of faith.

In 1917, then-Br. Maximilian Kolbe witnessed Masonic demonstrations in Rome, including banners declaring, “Satan will rule in the Vatican and the Pope will be his slave.” A 2021 episode of The John-Henry Westen Show explored St. Kolbe’s response and the gravity with which the Church has historically treated the Masonic threat.

Bishop Strickland’s warning echoes long-standing fears about Masonic infiltration of Church leadership – and reinforces the need for fidelity to the Church’s teaching – and vigilance against ideologies that threaten to undermine it from within."

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I have a question for Bishop Strickland: why now?

Why are you posting this warning now?

Does the good bishop see or have concerns about the Leo's speech (see here)?

Read This Very Carefully! See If You Can Pick Out The False Ecumenism And The Un-Catholic Nonsense...


Can you see a continuation of the Freemasonic "liberty, equality and fraternity" emphasized in nearly all of Bergoglio's talks and writings?

Did not Leo echo the same lunacy, including a very false ecumenism and "we all worship the same God" heresy -- especially when referring to the Muslims?

The novus ordo is in deep, deep trouble, and, at the same time, affecting the whole Catholic world.

We must always pray for the defeat of these modernist monsters -- and for their conversion to orthodoxy, tradition and the Catholic Faith!

Viva Cristo Rey!  Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...

St. Joseph pray for us!!

Gene DeLalla










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