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Are you a Catholic? Have you read the Catechism? You have no right to say that Catholics can be Masons, when it’s clear that they absolutely should not be. If the are, they are in Mortal Sin and their soul is liable to Eternal Damnation. So I guess technically they can be, if they want to be damned to Hell for Eternity.

I know #841 says "The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind's judge on the last day."

And I know that DIRECTLY contradicts God's WORD.

Nana, congrats on your conversion. Frequently, converts “know” more about our Church that us cradle Catholics. That might be part of the problem here.

Catholics CAN be Masons...they just do it at terrible risk to their souls. However, if they exercise that ever-popular “as long as you ask forgiveness for your sins, you’ll get into heaven” clause, who are we to say they’re an automatic out?

This following quote is from
Catholics and Freemasonry

FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS/ Catholic Education Resource Center (2005)

“On Nov. 26, 1983, with the approval of Pope John Paul II, the Sacred Congregation (whose prefect was Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI) reiterated the ban on Catholics joining the Masons: “The Church’s negative position on Masonic association ... remain unaltered, since their principles have always been regarded as irreconcilable with the Church’s doctrine. Hence, joining them remains prohibited by the Church. Catholics enrolled in Masonic associations are involved in serious sin and may not approach holy Communion.” Neither this declaration nor the 1983 Code of Canon Law imposed the penalty of excommunication on Catholics belonging to the Masons. However, the Holy See has upheld that belonging to freemasonry and participating in its rituals is a mortal sin which prevents one from receiving holy Communion.

Some Masonic lodges may provide great service to the community. Nevertheless, when a Catholic understands this group’s history, religious pretense, anti-Catholic bias and violence against the Catholic Church, one must question, “Why would a serious, practicing Catholic even consider joining?” So the straight answer is, “No, Catholics may not join the Masons.”