It also has connections to Freemasonry which was condemned by the Catholic Church because of its conspiratorial nature against the Church.
Hmmm.....
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2013/07/30/most-of-us-would-laugh-at-the-idea-of-a-masonic-mafia-at-work-in-the-vatican-im-not-sure-that-we-should/