Freemasonry Day in the Chatolic Church?

Freemasonry Day in the Catholic Church?

8-29-2012 | Images courtesy of FRATRESINUNUM First reported on August 28 by the Brazilian web-forum, FRATRESINUNUM, a “Day of the Mason” was observed on August 20 at the church of Nossa Senhora da Conceicao (Our Lady of Conception) in the Brazilian town of Belo Jardim in the diocese of Pesqueira-Pernambuco. The event consisted of Mass (per the Novus Ordo Missae) with Masons processing into the church in full Freemasonic regalia of ribbons, collars and aprons, and bearing tools of their “craft”, the compass, hammer and square. In addition to being granted an official place of honor in the church during Mass, they were also allowed to speak from the altar and present their tools as memorial gifts to the celebrant, Fr. Geraldo Magela de Silva. Even worse though, these Freemasons – were also given Communion. All of this is a direct violation of the Church’s law concerning Freemasons, as expounded first by Pope Clement XII In Eminenti Apostolatus in 1738 and most famously by Pope Leo XIII in Humanum Genus in 1884, which Cardinal Ratzinger (now the Holy Father) reiterated with Pope John Paul II’s approval in 1983: Therefore the Church's negative judgment in regard to Masonic association remains unchanged since their principles have always been considered irreconcilable with the doctrine of the Church and therefore membership in them remains forbidden. The faithful who enroll in Masonic associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion.[1] Despite this clear re-affirmation of the Church’s condemnation of Freemasonry and its utter incompatibility with the Catholic Faith, when this scandalous event was reported to the local ordinary, Bishop Jose Ferreira-Salles, instead of swiftly and firmly condemning it, he excused himself from any comment by stating that he had just returned from a trip! One would like to think (and hope) that Bishop Ferreira-Salles intends to comply with this statement also from the aforementioned declaration of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith against Freemasonry: It is not within the competence of local ecclesiastical authorities to give a judgment on the nature of Masonic associations which would imply a derogation from what has been decided above… and thus has postponed any immediate reaction or statement in order to make a diligent investigation into the matter. But belief in this scenario is rather belied by the fact that pictures of the scandalous affair already exist on the Internet which the bishop may easily view for himself - and certainly an objective statement against the event (which manifestly and grievously violated Church law) can always be made, and then followed by a brief inquiry. Perhaps though a perceived reluctance on the bishop’s part to quickly condemn the scandal and its organizers should not come too much as a surprise, especially when we consider that several of his fellow Brazilian episcopal confreres have been colluding with the Freemasons for several years now.[2] Amidst this example of the post-conciliar’s “silent apostasy”, we encourage all to offer up some act of reparation for this scandal committed against Christ and His immaculate bride, the Catholic Church.     preuzeto sa: http://www.sspx.org/news/freemasonry_day_in_catholic_church-8-29-2012.htm