Everything you need to know about Freemasonry

(LifeSiteNews) — The Freemasons in 1917 celebrated their bicentennial by marching in front of St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican with banners declaring, “Satan must reign in the Vatican. The Pope will be his slave.”

As Raymund Maria put it in a recent LifeSite article: “Many Catholics think that freemasonry is a well-intentioned economic institution necessary to join in order to climb the corporate ladder while supporting charitable works that relieve poverty and help society progress toward a more humane tolerance of our fellow men, in the spirit of liberty, equality, and fraternity.”

So, then, what are all those people concerned about? Are they all conspiracy nuts? Is there no basis for any concern? So why would the Catholic Church — until recently, of course — be concerned about Freemasonry and belonging to their lodges?

Well, that’s our topic on this episode of The John-Henry Westen Show.

Today, I read from Raymund Maria’s excellent series of LifeSite articles on Freemasonry to demonstrate the basis for Catholic concerns about the Freemasons and explain why the Church has long condemned participation in the group. Click here to read the entire series. Listen to today’s episode below:

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He has spoken at conferences and retreats, and appeared on radio and television throughout the world. John-Henry founded the Rome Life Forum, an annual strategy meeting for life, faith and family leaders worldwide. He is a board member of the John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family. He is a consultant to Canada’s largest pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, and serves on the executive of the Ontario branch of the organization. He has run three times for political office in the province of Ontario representing the Family Coalition Party.

John-Henry earned an MA from the University of Toronto in School and Child Clinical Psychology and an Honours BA from York University in Psychology.