[sinkspur]

The Catholic Church does not obsess over the Masons, and certainly doesn't think a college club like Skull and Bones is deserving of ecclesiastical scrutiny.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

It's not just a "college club." You're out of touch with reality.

[narses]

"The Catholic Church does not obsess over the Masons,"

LOL, very funny.

The action of the Church is summed up in the papal pronouncements against Freemasonry since 1738, the most important of which are:


Clement XII, Const. "In Eminenti", 28 April, 1738;
Benedict XIV, "Providas", 18 May, 1751;
Pius VII, "Ecclesiam", 13 September, 1821;
Leo XII, "Quo graviora", 13 March, 1825;
Pius VIII, Encycl. "Traditi", 21 May, 1829;
Gregory XVI, "Mirari", 15 August, 1832;
Pius IX, Encycl. "Qui pluribus", 9 November, 1846;
Pius IX, Alloc. "Quibus quantisque malis", 20 April, 1849;
Pius IX, Encycl. "Quanta cura", 8 December, 1864;
Pius IX, Alloc. "Multiplices inter", 25 September, 1865;
Pius IX, Const. "Apostolicæ Sedis", 12 October, 1869;
Pius IX, Encycl. "Etsi multa", 21 November, 1873;
Leo XIII, Encycl. "Humanum genus", 20 April, 1884;
Leo XIII, "Præclara", 20 June, 1894;
Leo XIII, "Annum ingressi", 18 March, 1902 (against Italian Freemasonry);
Leo XIII, Encycl. "Etsí nos", 15 February, 1882;
Leo XIII, "Ab Apostolici", 15 October, 1890.


These pontifical utterances from first to last are in complete accord, the latter reiterating the earlier with such developments as were called for by the growth of Freemasonry and other secret societies.

[Polycarp IV]

The Catholic Church does not obsess over the Masons

Really?

Papal pronouncements on Freemasonry:

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Clement XII	Apr 28 1738		In Eminenti	c.
Benedict XIV	May 18 1751		Providas
Pius VII	Sep 13 1821		Ecclesiam
Leo XII	Mar 13 1825		Quo Graviora
Pius VIII	May 21 1829		Traditi Humilitati	e.
Pius VIII	Mar 25 1830	†	Litteris altero
Gregory XVI	Aug 15 1832		Mirari Vos	e.
Pius IX	Nov 9 1846	‡	Qui Pluribus	e.
Pius IX	Apr 20 1849	?	Quibus Quantisque Malis	a.
Pius IX	Dec 8 1864	‡	Quanta Cura	e.
			Syllabus of Errors
Pius IX	Sep 25 1865		Inter Multiplices	a.
Pius IX	Oct 12 1869	‡	Apostolicae Sedis	c.
Pius IX	Nov 21 1873	?	Etsi Multa	e.
Leo XIII	Jun 29 1881	†‡	Diuturnum
Leo XIII	Feb 15 1882	‡	Etsi Nos	e.
Leo XIII	Mar 20 1884		Humanum Genus	e.
Leo XIII	Dec 22 1887	†	Officio sanctissimo
Leo XIII	Oct 15 1890		Dall'alto Dell'apostolico Seggio	e.
Leo XIII	Dec 8 1892	†	Custodi di quella fede
Leo XIII	Dec 8 1892	†	Inimica vis
Leo XIII	Jun 20 1894		Praeclara
Leo XIII	Mar 18 1902		Annum Ingressi
Paul VI	Nov 21 1964	‡	Unitatis redintegratio
Paul VI	Oct 28 1965	‡	Nostra Aetate

	‡	Documents only indirectly related to Freemasonry.
	†	Not included in Coil's Masonic Dictionary
	?	Not listed in Papal Encyclicals or Papal Pronouncements
	a.	Allocution
	c.	Constitution
	e.	Encyclical
	This is an incomplete list and should not be considered authoritative.

[Catholicguy]

Citing truth is not an obsession. One can't be both a Mason and a Catholic. Capiche?