There is a Masonic lodge right here in Los Angeles county that has a Catholic priest as a member. It is not generally known, but the Church has no real objection as long as you don't go into the higher degrees. The Scotish Rite in particular.
navyblue wrote: "There is a Masonic lodge right here in Los Angeles county that has a Catholic priest as a member. It is not generally known, but the Church has no real objection as long as you don't go into the higher degrees. The Scotish Rite in particular."
Thanks for the information, Navyblue. The Catholic priest Mason I had heard about had not divulged it to his Diocese.
Also I hadn't heard that anyone would be restricted from Scottish Rite, except if they did not take the required coursework and pass the tests.
The difficulty in determining who is a Mason and who is not a Mason is that only men who are Masons are allowed entry into a Lodge. When a Mason sees another at Lodge, then that Mason can be certain that the other person is also a Mason.
The exception is during Lodge family events where non Mason family members are invited to Lodge family events.