IIRC, Tindero was a free mason. The Royal Veto paved the way for eventual Saint Pius X to be elected Pope.
As a personal aside, Pope Leo XIII should be a saint. I wonder how his cause is coming along?
Alleged to have been a mason. Personally, I sincerely doubt it.
"As a personal aside, Pope Leo XIII should be a saint. I wonder how his cause is coming along?"
I disagree. I believe he got far too much far too wrong. Then again, I'm an Orthodox Christian and +Leo XIII is not high on our hit parade of great popes, though +BXVI certainly is!