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id="primary" class="content-area"> <main id="main" class="site-main" role="main"> <header class="page-header"> <h1 class="page-title">Author: <span>anonymouscath</span></h1> </header> <article id="post-9262" class="post-9262 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-newsletter"> <div class="featured-image"> <span> <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/10/weekly-news-14/"><img width="940" height="627" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=940" class="attachment-toujours-featured size-toujours-featured wp-post-image" alt="Bishop's Blueprint for Pagan Worship" decoding="async" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=940 940w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=768 768w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=1024 1024w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" data-attachment-id="9227" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/10/bishops-blueprint-for-pagan-worship/brisbane-pagan/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png" data-orig-size="1200,800" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Brisbane pagan" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=760" /></a> </span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/10/weekly-news-14/" rel="bookmark">Weekly News</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><span>Published on <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/10/weekly-news-14/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-02-10T09:36:35+11:00">February 10, 2025</time></a></span></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/author/anonymouscath/">anonymouscath</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/10/weekly-news-14/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">New article for you</h3> <p>Dear friend,</p> <p>This week’s <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/10/bishops-blueprint-for-pagan-worship/">article</a> takes a look at a Brisbane parish which has committed itself to including as much indigenous paganism as possible into its its worship. </p> <p>This is of course, only a symptom of the entire programme of the Archdiocese of Brisbane. It really would be difficult to offend Our Lord more than the programme of Mark Coleridge. I’ve included an older article about what he got up to during the scamdemic to remind you how evil this man really is.</p> <p>You may remember last week’s article on the Cosmic Embrace (click <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/03/abortion-advocates-occult-artwork-at-vatican/">here</a> if you didn’t read it). A friend pointed out that there was another possible meaning to that artwork: he thought it might be a reference to mystical (sacred) sexual encounters, as there is a book by the same name. Knowing what happens in the Vatican and the proclivities of men like Cardinal ‘Heal-Me-With-Your-Mouth’ Fernandez, he just might be correct.</p> <p>By the way, I’ve also updated the <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2024/07/10/luminaries-of-the-ecclesiastical-masonry-milieu/">Luminaries</a> document – it’s still not complete, but I’ve re-edited the first few pages. Download if you’re someone who likes to keep hardcopies on hand.</p> <p>Until next time,</p> <p>AC.</p> <p><em>“We wish it to be your rule first of all to tear away the mask from Freemasonry, and to let it be seen as it really is.”</em> – Leo XIII, <em>HUMANUM GENUS</em>.</p> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-borders wpnbha is-grid columns-2 colgap-3 show-image image-aligntop ts-4 is-3 is-landscape is-style-borders has-text-align-left" style="" > <style id="newspack-blocks-inline-css" type="text/css"> .wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles article .entry-title { font-size: 1.2em; } .wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .entry-meta { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; margin-top: 0.5em; } .wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles article .entry-meta { font-size: 0.8em; } .wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles article .avatar { height: 25px; width: 25px; } .wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .post-thumbnail{ margin: 0; margin-bottom: 0.25em; } .wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .post-thumbnail img { height: auto; width: 100%; } .wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .post-thumbnail figcaption { margin-bottom: 0.5em; } .wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles p { margin: 0.5em 0; } </style> <div data-posts data-current-post-id="9262"> <article data-post-id="9162" class="tag-australia tag-culture tag-featured tag-indigenous-spirituality tag-modernism tag-naturalism category-masonic-infiltration-of-the-church type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/10/bishops-blueprint-for-pagan-worship/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img width="800" height="600" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=800&h=600&crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image" alt="Bishop’s Blueprint for Pagan Worship" decoding="async" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=800&h=600&crop=1 800w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=150&h=112&crop=1 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=300&h=225&crop=1 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=768&h=576&crop=1 768w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=1024&h=768&crop=1 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-attachment-id="9227" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/10/bishops-blueprint-for-pagan-worship/brisbane-pagan/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png" data-orig-size="1200,800" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Brisbane pagan" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=760" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/10/bishops-blueprint-for-pagan-worship/" rel="bookmark">Bishop’s Blueprint for Pagan Worship</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-02-10T07:36:40">February 10, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="825" class="tag-acbc tag-archbishop-mark-coleridge tag-australia tag-covax tag-priest-abuse tag-queensland category-catholic-clergy-masonic-sympathisers type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2021/11/16/who-needs-the-stasi-when-we-have-the-bishops/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img width="1200" height="900" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/abcd.png?w=1200&h=900&crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Who needs the Stasi when we have the bishops?" decoding="async" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/abcd.png 1200w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/abcd.png?w=150&h=113&crop=1 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/abcd.png?w=300&h=225&crop=1 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/abcd.png?w=768&h=576&crop=1 768w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/abcd.png?w=1024&h=768&crop=1 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="843" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2021/11/16/who-needs-the-stasi-when-we-have-the-bishops/abcd/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/abcd.png" data-orig-size="1200,900" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="abcd" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/abcd.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/abcd.png?w=760" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2021/11/16/who-needs-the-stasi-when-we-have-the-bishops/" rel="bookmark">Who needs the Stasi when we have the bishops?</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-11-16T12:10:40">November 16, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-10T07:39:51+11:00">February 10, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Categories <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/category/newsletter/" rel="category tag">Newsletter</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-9162" class="post-9162 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-masonic-infiltration-of-the-church tag-australia tag-culture tag-featured tag-indigenous-spirituality tag-modernism tag-naturalism"> <div class="featured-image"> <span> <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/10/bishops-blueprint-for-pagan-worship/"><img width="940" height="627" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=940" class="attachment-toujours-featured size-toujours-featured wp-post-image" alt="Bishop's Blueprint for Pagan Worship" decoding="async" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=940 940w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=768 768w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=1024 1024w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" data-attachment-id="9227" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/10/bishops-blueprint-for-pagan-worship/brisbane-pagan/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png" data-orig-size="1200,800" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Brisbane pagan" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/brisbane-pagan.png?w=760" /></a> </span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/10/bishops-blueprint-for-pagan-worship/" rel="bookmark">Bishop’s Blueprint for Pagan Worship</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><span>Published on <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/10/bishops-blueprint-for-pagan-worship/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-02-10T07:36:40+11:00">February 10, 2025</time></a></span></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/author/anonymouscath/">anonymouscath</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/10/bishops-blueprint-for-pagan-worship/#comments">1 Comment</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>A reader has supplied some concerning information about a parish in his state of Queensland: St. James at Coorpooroo in Brisbane. St. James has published its ‘Reconciliation Action Plan’ to implement indigenous ‘dialogue and accompaniment’ and includes adding Welcome to Country ceremonies to parish events as well as adding pagan elements into Masses throughout the year. Worst of all, the plan is based on guidelines that come straight from the notorious Archdiocese of Brisbane, meaning that similar plans are being rolled out all across Queensland.</p> <p>St. James published its plan online and the document is reproduced below. As you can see, it involves lots of bureaucratic jargon (e.g. ‘stakeholders’, ‘actions’ and ‘deliverables’) and woke appeasement (‘reconciliation’, ‘truth-telling’ and ‘listening’) but mentions absolutely nothing about evangelising or Catholic formation.</p> <p>Catholics are expected to ‘learn’ from indigenous Australians and put up with pagan additions to their Masses while celebrating imaginary indigenous feast days. St. James plans to hold events to mark at least four of the following<strong> victimhood</strong> days: Sorry Day, Close the Gap, Coming of the Light, Apology Day and Mabo Day.</p> <p>Also mentioned is the anti-Christian <a href="https://ulurustatement.org/the-statement/view-the-statement/">Statement from the Heart</a> document: four weekly sessions are planned to discuss this Marxist-inspired hymn to Gaia.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Cui Bono?</h2> <p>As is to be expected, local, urbanised Aboriginals will benefit financially from the parish programme: multiple plaques to honour the Indigenous have been purchased by the parish; Welcome to Country ceremonies are planned (presumably led by paid activists); indigenous businesses will be prioritised by the parish. There is no mention of assistance going to those indigenous Australians living in rural areas who are truly victims of poverty, often surrounded by violence, addictions and sexual abuse.</p> <p>The Plan was officially launched during Sunday Mass on February 9th. The Mass was preceded by a pagan smoking ceremony, and the Entrance Procession was accompanied by music from the indigenous instrument, the didgeridoo, as well as ‘cultural significant statements, artwork and symbols’. This means that pagan symbols and representations of mythological beings were brought into the church during the Liturgy.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="9209" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/10/bishops-blueprint-for-pagan-worship/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-6-54-27-am/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-6.54.27e280afam.png" data-orig-size="882,494" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Screenshot 2025-02-09 at 6.54.27 AM" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-6.54.27e280afam.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-6.54.27e280afam.png?w=760" width="882" height="494" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-6.54.27e280afam.png?w=882" alt="" class="wp-image-9209" style="width:493px;height:auto" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">From the parish website.</figcaption></figure></div> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Reconciliation</h2> <p>The entire ‘Reconciliation’ movement is based on the lie that white settlers stole the land of Australia from deeply spiritual natives, violently imposing their imperialistic culture and faith on them. This Noble Savage myth is perpetuated in schoolrooms and universities around the country and is unfortunately promulgated by many of our bishops as well.</p> <p>Of course, when the British arrived in Australia with their ships, tools, seeds, uniforms and Christian (albeit Protestant) faith, the indigenous inhabitants still running around in animal skins, eating each other and worshipping lizards. Yet, our hapless prelates insist that they have something to teach Catholics about spirituality and culture.</p> <p>Of course, at the root of all this talk of reconciliation and dialogue is the complete absence of faith among the majority of the Australian hierarchy. They simply do not believe in the tenets of the Catholic Faith, especially not, it would seem, in the necessity of repentance and sanctification through the sacrifice of Our Lord Jesus Christ. They are simply well-paid bureaucrats who exploit the prestige of Catholicism while subverting its truths.</p> <p>One leading proponent of this error is Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane (who is, by the way, a friend of the disgraceful <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2024/07/02/more-evidence-of-a-vatican-s-cult/">Marco Rupnik</a>.)</p> <p></p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="9214" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/coleridge-rupnik-3/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/coleridge-rupnik-edited.jpeg" data-orig-size="1056,792" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="coleridge &amp; rupnik" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/coleridge-rupnik-edited.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/coleridge-rupnik-edited.jpeg?w=760" loading="lazy" width="1056" height="792" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/coleridge-rupnik-edited.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-9214" style="width:463px;height:auto" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Coleridge and Rupnik.</figcaption></figure></div> <p>Archbishop Coleridge published the ‘Reconciliation’ roadmap (see below) on the Archdiocesan website, along with an expression of gratitude for the contributions made by indigenous Australians.</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>The Archdiocese of Brisbane acknowledges the Traditional Custodians who have walked and cared for this land for thousands of years and their descendants who maintain their spiritual connection and traditions. We thank them for their continual cultural and spiritual connection to Country as expressed through their history, music, language, songs, art and dance.</p> <p>Archbishop Mark Coleridge</p> </blockquote> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:33.33%"><div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-attachment-id="9217" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/10/bishops-blueprint-for-pagan-worship/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-7-19-52-am/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-7.19.52e280afam.png" data-orig-size="876,1320" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Screenshot 2025-02-09 at 7.19.52 AM" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-7.19.52e280afam.png?w=199" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-7.19.52e280afam.png?w=680" loading="lazy" width="680" height="1024" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-7.19.52e280afam.png?w=680" alt="" class="wp-image-9217" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The lizard has pride of place.</figcaption></figure></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:66.66%"><div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-attachment-id="9218" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/10/bishops-blueprint-for-pagan-worship/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-7-19-09-am/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-7.19.09e280afam.png" data-orig-size="1772,1332" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Screenshot 2025-02-09 at 7.19.09 AM" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-7.19.09e280afam.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-7.19.09e280afam.png?w=760" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="769" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-7.19.09e280afam.png?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-9218" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Archbishop Coleridge with some highly-urbanised Noble Savages.</figcaption></figure></div></div> </div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="9221" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/10/bishops-blueprint-for-pagan-worship/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-7-20-31-am/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-7.20.31e280afam.png" data-orig-size="1156,1304" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Screenshot 2025-02-09 at 7.20.31 AM" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-7.20.31e280afam.png?w=266" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-7.20.31e280afam.png?w=760" loading="lazy" width="908" height="1024" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-09-at-7.20.31e280afam.png?w=908" alt="" class="wp-image-9221" style="width:332px;height:auto" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Preparing for a smoking ceremony</figcaption></figure></div> <p></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Pagan Practices</h2> <p>Smoking ceremonies have been mentioned on this site many times: they are rituals common to many different pagan traditions, including American Indians and Australian Aboriginals. The smoke is meant to ‘cleanse’ an area from ‘evil spirits’. </p> <p>These rituals are unfortunately very common at Australian <em>Novus Ordo</em> parishes and are usually performed prior to Mass, outside the church building. The Archbishop of Melbourne infamously allowed one to be <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uczyRU4S4rk&t=367s&ab_channel=CatholicArchdioceseofMelbourne">performed</a> at the main altar of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in 2021 <strong>during Mass</strong>.</p> <p>The Archdiocesan guidelines mention other occult practices like ‘deep listening’ – a kind of meditation, an emptying of the mind; and worship of mother-earth. Yet, somehow Catholics are expected to believe that these are merely cultural and not spiritual practices.</p> <p>Prior to the RAP launch at St. James’, the friend who sent me this information emailed the Archdiocese of Brisbane, expressing his disapproval for the proposed smoking ceremony. He received this reply from an anonymous Archdiocesan employee:</p> <p><em>“Please be advised the invitation states that the smoking ceremony on this occasion is to ‘culturally bless the launch of the RAP’ and thus is not intended as a spiritual action.”</em></p> <p>Hmmm, sure. Just like this blessing of water, as found among the St. James materials isn’t intended to be spiritual: “<em>Each time we perform these ancient rituals of a water blessing we connect our spirit with those of our ancestors –their spirit is reborn and becomes strong within us around us.</em>“</p> <p>Are we expected to believe that this “Presentation of Gifts at Offertory Procession – Mother Earth” is also not intended to be spiritual?: <em>“We enjoy the physical and spiritual connections to Mother Earth, waters and environment. The physical and spiritual connections are the necessary elements of our life’s energy.”</em></p> <p>The saddest part of this is that the average pew-sitter thinks that syncretism is perfectly acceptable and that it is Tradition which poses the greatest threat to their faith.</p> <p></p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">St. James explanation of pagan rituals</h3> <div data-wp-interactive="core/file" class="wp-block-file"><object data-wp-bind--hidden="!state.hasPdfPreview" hidden class="wp-block-file__embed" data="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/aboriginal_smoking_ceremony_newsletter_insert.pdf" type="application/pdf" style="width:100%;height:302px" aria-label="Embed of aboriginal_smoking_ceremony_newsletter_insert."></object><a id="wp-block-file--media-0a6fb89f-0f5f-461a-a8de-ae56031a20dd" 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href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/03/weekly-news-13/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-03T10:26:20+11:00">February 3, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-03T10:26:59+11:00">February 3, 2025</time></a></span></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/author/anonymouscath/">anonymouscath</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/03/weekly-news-13/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">New article for you</h3> <p>Dear friend,</p> <p>This week we take a look at the backdrop for Papa Bergoglio’s recent meeting with leaders of a pro-abortion organisation – it’s a huge tapestry of a ‘Cosmic Hug’ which has occult overtones. You can read about that <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/03/abortion-advocates-occult-artwork-at-vatican/">here</a>.</p> <p>Also this article on Masonic music at the re-opening of Notre Dame Cathedral is very revealing and (in case you missed it) this confirms some of the suspicions I wrote about <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2024/12/16/occult-themes-at-notre-dame-cathedral/">here</a> not long ago: <a href="https://traditioninaction.org/HotTopics/c056_Org.htm">https://traditioninaction.org/HotTopics/c056_Org.htm</a></p> <p>Until next time,</p> <p>AC.</p> <p><em>“We wish it to be your rule first of all to tear away the mask from Freemasonry, and to let it be seen as it really is.”</em> – Leo XIII, <em>HUMANUM GENUS</em>.</p> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-borders wpnbha is-grid columns-2 colgap-3 show-image image-aligntop ts-4 is-3 is-landscape is-style-borders has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="9102"> <article data-post-id="9080" class="tag-abortion tag-art tag-culture tag-featured tag-occult tag-pope-francis category-occult type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/03/abortion-advocates-occult-artwork-at-vatican/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img width="800" height="600" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/conrad-hilton-nuns-occult-picture.png?w=800&h=600&crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image" alt="Abortion Advocates & Occult Artwork at Vatican" decoding="async" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/conrad-hilton-nuns-occult-picture.png?w=800&h=600&crop=1 800w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/conrad-hilton-nuns-occult-picture.png?w=150&h=112&crop=1 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occult picture" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/conrad-hilton-nuns-occult-picture.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/conrad-hilton-nuns-occult-picture.png?w=760" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/03/abortion-advocates-occult-artwork-at-vatican/" rel="bookmark">Abortion Advocates & Occult Artwork at Vatican</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-02-03T07:51:14">February 3, 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="8485" class="tag-culture tag-featured tag-freemasonry tag-notre-dame-cathedral tag-occult tag-occult-symbols tag-vatican-ii category-masonic-architecture-in-catholic-churches type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2024/12/16/occult-themes-at-notre-dame-cathedral/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img width="800" height="600" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/notre-dame.png?w=800&h=600&crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image" alt="Occult Themes at Notre Dame Cathedral" decoding="async" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/notre-dame.png?w=800&h=600&crop=1 800w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/notre-dame.png?w=150&h=112&crop=1 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/notre-dame.png?w=300&h=225&crop=1 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/notre-dame.png?w=768&h=576&crop=1 768w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/notre-dame.png?w=1024&h=768&crop=1 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-attachment-id="8498" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2024/12/16/occult-themes-at-notre-dame-cathedral/notre-dame/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/notre-dame.png" data-orig-size="1200,800" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Notre Dame" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/notre-dame.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/notre-dame.png?w=760" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2024/12/16/occult-themes-at-notre-dame-cathedral/" rel="bookmark">Occult Themes at Notre Dame Cathedral</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-12-16T09:13:08">December 16, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-12-16T09:14:10+11:00">December 16, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Categories <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/category/newsletter/" rel="category tag">Newsletter</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-9080" class="post-9080 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-occult tag-abortion tag-art tag-culture tag-featured tag-occult tag-pope-francis"> <div class="featured-image"> <span> <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/03/abortion-advocates-occult-artwork-at-vatican/"><img width="940" height="627" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/conrad-hilton-nuns-occult-picture.png?w=940" class="attachment-toujours-featured size-toujours-featured wp-post-image" alt="Pro-Abortion Nuns & Occult Artwork at Vatican" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/conrad-hilton-nuns-occult-picture.png?w=940 940w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/conrad-hilton-nuns-occult-picture.png?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/conrad-hilton-nuns-occult-picture.png?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/conrad-hilton-nuns-occult-picture.png?w=768 768w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/conrad-hilton-nuns-occult-picture.png?w=1024 1024w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/conrad-hilton-nuns-occult-picture.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" data-attachment-id="9125" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/03/abortion-advocates-occult-artwork-at-vatican/conrad-hilton-nuns-occult-picture/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/conrad-hilton-nuns-occult-picture.png" data-orig-size="1200,800" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Conrad Hilton nuns occult picture" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/conrad-hilton-nuns-occult-picture.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/conrad-hilton-nuns-occult-picture.png?w=760" /></a> </span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/03/abortion-advocates-occult-artwork-at-vatican/" rel="bookmark">Abortion Advocates & Occult Artwork at Vatican</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><span>Published on <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/03/abortion-advocates-occult-artwork-at-vatican/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-02-03T07:51:14+11:00">February 3, 2025</time></a></span></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/author/anonymouscath/">anonymouscath</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/03/abortion-advocates-occult-artwork-at-vatican/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>It was bad enough that Papa Bergoglio would agree to meet with the Board of Directors of a pro-abortion NGO at the Vatican. The setting for the official photograph, however, takes this meeting to another level.</p> <p>The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is the largest funder of Catholic religious sisters around, has sent millions of dollars towards the formation and good works of Catholic sisters over the years. It also assists refugees, the poor and provides access to safe water – ostensibly one of its seven main goals. The Foundation also has an association with National Catholic Reporter which, due to its heterodox content, even US <a href="https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=16911">Bishops</a> have claimed is ‘not really Catholic’.</p> <p>That’s all well and good but the Hilton Foundation is also very pro-abortion. Among the many organisations the Foundation has helped financially are those dedicated to ‘reproductive health’ aka abortion and contraception, including the ‘California Latinas for Reproductive Justice.’ [see more <a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pope-francis-praises-pro-abortion-hilton-foundation-for-their-testimony-of-love/">here</a>.]</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="9126" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/03/abortion-advocates-occult-artwork-at-vatican/screenshot-2025-02-03-at-6-40-37-am/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-03-at-6.40.37e280afam.png" data-orig-size="1268,624" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Screenshot 2025-02-03 at 6.40.37 AM" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-03-at-6.40.37e280afam.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-03-at-6.40.37e280afam.png?w=760" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="503" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-03-at-6.40.37e280afam.png?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-9126" style="width:703px;height:auto" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">California Latinas for Reproductive Justice</figcaption></figure></div> <p>Pope Francis <a href="https://www.hiltonfoundation.org/news/pope-francis-welcomes-the-board-of-directors-of-the-conrad-n-hilton-foundation/">met </a>with the Board of the Hilton Foundation on January 22 of this year. He of course told them how wonderful their work was, giving them some gems like “<em>Compassion is not throwing money into the hands of another without looking them in the eyes.</em>“<em> </em>Right. Be like McCarrick who looked the Popes right in the eyes as he threw them bucketloads of money.</p> <p>What really caught my eye was the strange artwork hanging in the background of the official photograph of the occasion, which was circulated by the Vatican’s press office. Although not as aesthetically offensive as other artwork favoured by the Curia (thinking here of <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2023/06/06/vatican-continues-to-use-rupniks-art/">Rupnik</a> and <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2024/07/02/more-evidence-of-a-vatican-s-cult/">Jago</a>) this one certainly is strange when you take a close look at it. And the fact that it was chosen as the backdrop to the photograph of Francis taken with abortion advocates and feminist nuns like Nathalie Berquart makes it even more stunning.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-attachment-id="9082" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/02/03/abortion-advocates-occult-artwork-at-vatican/screenshot-2025-01-27-at-11-25-28-am/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/screenshot-2025-01-27-at-11.25.28e280afam.png" data-orig-size="1760,962" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Screenshot 2025-01-27 at 11.25.28 AM" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/screenshot-2025-01-27-at-11.25.28e280afam.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/screenshot-2025-01-27-at-11.25.28e280afam.png?w=760" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="559" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/screenshot-2025-01-27-at-11.25.28e280afam.png?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-9082" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">“Abbraccio Cosmico” by Camilian Demetrescu</figcaption></figure></div> <p></p> <p>“Abbraccio Cosmico” (Cosmic Embrace) is a tapestry created by by Camilian Demetrescu. <a href="https://futuroinsieme.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/camilian-demetrescu-abbraccio-cosmico-lamor-che-move-il-sole-e-laltre-stelle/">Demetrescu</a> was a Freemason-turned-Moslem who associated with Modernists, nihilists and Theosophists. His tapestry was installed in 2008, during the pontificate of Benedict XVI.</p> <p>Describing his work, Demetrescu <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152789301427036&id=47743547035&set=a.10151753517797036">claims </a>that:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>This tapestry has been made in Italy (Gallese) after the september 11th 2001 : the cosmic love (abbraccio cosmico) is the only response to such a tragedy. Two angels are moving the universe around the planets’ hug.</p> </blockquote> <p>What he doesn’t explain is that this design is all about astrology, including cosmic portals and<a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2024/07/25/as-above-so-below/"> ‘as above, so below’</a> imagery as well as the fake New Age ‘angels’. </p> <p>Below is one interpretation of the image that came from an occultist – not from the artist himself. [NOTE: This information came from a website called ‘Keys to Ascension’. I really don’t like linking directly to occult websites.]</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>The translation means “Cosmic Embrace.” The center of this painting is a man and woman<sup data-fn="67e9d6d1-bcc9-43c9-8c20-ad51ec700c28" class="fn"><a href="#67e9d6d1-bcc9-43c9-8c20-ad51ec700c28" id="67e9d6d1-bcc9-43c9-8c20-ad51ec700c28-link">1</a></sup> in a tender embrace. This represents the Sacred Union of the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine. Uniting the Heart and the Mind through Divine Cosmic Love – Christ Love!</p> <p>Facing the picture, the Blue Angel on the left represents the Feminine/Universe/ Spirit. The Brown Angel on the right represents Masculine/Earth/Physicality. The Angels wings are pointing up and down. They are each holding a handle. One up – one down. As Above – So Below. The handles are connected to a shaft of Light that runs through the heart center of the Divine Cosmic Embrace. The EnLightened Ones are guiding the transition.</p> <p><em>Notice also that the handle held by the Earth Angel is attached to a spiral – a Cosmic Portal. The handle held by the Cosmic Angel is attached to a symbol of the Cardinal Grand Cross</em><sup data-fn="7a21bc2a-ebb7-4877-9961-dd0ed3c180d9" class="fn"><a href="#7a21bc2a-ebb7-4877-9961-dd0ed3c180d9" id="7a21bc2a-ebb7-4877-9961-dd0ed3c180d9-link">2</a></sup><em>. Earth/Humanity goes through the Cosmic Portal to connect to the heart of Divine Source/Divine Unconditional Love – the Cosmic Embrace. The Cosmic Alignment funnels Light through Divine Source/Divine Unconditional Love to elevate Earth.</em></p> <p>The Cosmic Portal envelopes the planets and humanity in a Divine embrace of Christ Consciousness. <em>This is the birth of the New Age of EnLightenment!</em></p> </blockquote> <p></p> <ol class="wp-block-footnotes"><li id="67e9d6d1-bcc9-43c9-8c20-ad51ec700c28">Another interpreation explains that the two people embracing are ‘asexual.’ <a href="#67e9d6d1-bcc9-43c9-8c20-ad51ec700c28-link">↩︎</a></li><li id="7a21bc2a-ebb7-4877-9961-dd0ed3c180d9">An astronomical formation which is highly significant in the practise of astrology. When a Cardinal Grand Cross occurs in the heavens, it is a ‘sacred day’ to many occultists. <a href="#7a21bc2a-ebb7-4877-9961-dd0ed3c180d9-link">↩︎</a></li></ol> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Categories <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/category/occult/" rel="category tag">Occult</a></span><span class="sep">•</span><span class="tags-links">Tags <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/abortion/" rel="tag">Abortion</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/art/" rel="tag">Art</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/featured/" rel="tag">Featured</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/occult/" rel="tag">Occult</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/pope-francis/" rel="tag">Pope Francis</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-9036" class="post-9036 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-newsletter"> <div class="featured-image"> <span> <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/01/27/weekly-news-12/"><img width="940" height="627" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/konig-.png?w=940" class="attachment-toujours-featured size-toujours-featured wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/konig-.png?w=940 940w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/konig-.png?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/konig-.png?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/konig-.png?w=768 768w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/konig-.png?w=1024 1024w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/konig-.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" data-attachment-id="9015" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/01/27/freemasonrys-removal-from-the-code-of-canon-law/konig/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/konig-.png" data-orig-size="1200,800" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="König" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/konig-.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/konig-.png?w=760" /></a> </span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/01/27/weekly-news-12/" rel="bookmark">Weekly News</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><span>Published on <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/01/27/weekly-news-12/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-01-27T10:38:37+11:00">January 27, 2025</time></a></span></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/author/anonymouscath/">anonymouscath</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/01/27/weekly-news-12/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">New articles for you</h3> <p>Dear friends,</p> <p>I trust your January is progressing well.</p> <p>This week, I’ve put together an overview of how Freemasonry was dropped from the Code of Canon Law. It’s an interesting topic and indicates some high-level prelates who are most likely Ecclesiastical Freemasons. You can read that<a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/01/27/freemasonrys-removal-from-the-code-of-canon-law/"> here.</a></p> <p>A <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/01/27/pope-francis-simple-guide-to-diagnosing-mental-illness/">second article</a> takes a satirical look at the latest insult Bergoglio has been hurling at Trads via his latest book, <em>Hope.</em></p> <p>Speaking of the Pope’s new so-called autobiography,<a href="https://stream.org/pope-franciss-autobiography-is-a-masterpiece-of-self-promotion-and-obfuscation/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=TDJ_Catholic/magazine/THE+PACHAMAMA+CHRONICLES"> this article</a> by Jules Gomes at <em>The Stream</em> is very good. Gomes includes this snippet from Henry Sire’s <em>The Dictator Pope</em> which sheds some light on Francis’ vicious attacks on Traditionalists – he is obviously projecting onto them the defects of which he has been accused:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>Father Kolvenbach accused Bergoglio of a series of defects, ranging from habitual use of vulgar language to deviousness, disobedience concealed under a mask of humility, and lack of psychological balance; with a view to his suitability as a future bishop, the report pointed out that he had been a divisive figure as provincial of his own order. It is not surprising that, on being elected pope, Francis made efforts to get his hands on the existing copies of the document, and the original filed in the official Jesuit archives in Rome has disappeared.</p> </blockquote> <p>‘Jennifer’s’ Give-Send-Go fundraiser is still open. Thanks to those who have donated, and please remember ‘Jennifer’ and all victims of abuse, especially clergy abuse, in your prayers. <a href="https://www.givesendgo.com/SRA-Victim.">https://www.givesendgo.com/SRA-Victim. </a></p> <p>Until next time,</p> <p>AC.</p> <p><em>“We wish it to be your rule first of all to tear away the mask from Freemasonry, and to let it be seen as it really is.”</em> – Leo XIII, <em>HUMANUM GENUS</em>.</p> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-borders wpnbha is-grid columns-2 colgap-3 show-image image-aligntop ts-4 is-3 is-landscape is-style-borders has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="9036"> <article data-post-id="9046" class="tag-culture tag-featured tag-modernism tag-pope-francis tag-vatican-ii category-culture type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/01/27/pope-francis-simple-guide-to-diagnosing-mental-illness/" rel="bookmark" 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data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/konig-.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/konig-.png?w=760" /></a> </span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/01/27/freemasonrys-removal-from-the-code-of-canon-law/" rel="bookmark">Freemasonry’s Removal from the Code of Canon Law</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><span>Published on <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/01/27/freemasonrys-removal-from-the-code-of-canon-law/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-01-27T10:26:22+11:00">January 27, 2025</time></a></span></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/author/anonymouscath/">anonymouscath</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2025/01/27/freemasonrys-removal-from-the-code-of-canon-law/#comments">1 Comment</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>During most of the twentieth century, the prohibition on Catholics being Freemasons was well known, as it was explicitly mentioned in the the 1917 Code of Canon Law. Canon 2335 conferred the penalty of excommunication on any Catholic who was the member of a sect which conspired against the Church or the State, including Freemasonry. </p> <p>However, as time progressed, various clerics began to engage in an appeasement approach which caused confusion among the faithful – and indeed, among the clergy themselves. This came to a head in the 1970’s when Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia requested clarification on the matter from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Prefect of the CDF at that time was Cardinal Franjo Seper, who wrote to Cardinal Krol assuring him that the penalty of automatic excommunication only applied to members of those organisations which actively plotted against the Church. </p> <p>Coming as it did, with the apparent authority of the CDF, this statement was seen by many as a blanket lifting of the penalty for Masonic membership.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Revised Code of Canon Law</h2> <p>Pope John Paul II established the Plenary Congregation of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law in 1981 to make the changes which were eventually promulgated two years later. The majority of the members of the Plenary Congregation were not in favour of renewing canon 2335, the Canon referring to Freemasonry, and so it was dropped from the 1983 Code.</p> <p>Instead, a new canon was created, canon 1374, which omits any explicit mention of Freemasonry. Canon 1374 reads: “One who joins an association which plots against the Church is to be punished with a just penalty; one who promotes or moderates such an association, however, is to be punished with an interdict <sup data-fn="f5a29614-f9ed-4f25-95ad-a3af4e9518db" class="fn"><a href="#f5a29614-f9ed-4f25-95ad-a3af4e9518db" id="f5a29614-f9ed-4f25-95ad-a3af4e9518db-link">1</a></sup>.”</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Those in favour of the Change</h2> <p>The arguments in favour of not renewing the Code included the belief that in most countries, Freemasonry no longer posed a threat to the Church; that if a threat did in fact exist, many Masons were unaware of a anti-Catholic agenda within their sect; and that Communism posed more of a threat than Freemasonry. There was also a desire to conform to guidelines set down by Paul VI which sought to reduce the number of <em>latae sententiae</em> penalties in the Code.</p> <p>Included among those who held this position were Esteban Gomez, OP, an instructor at the <em>Angelicum</em> in Rome; Cardinal Rosalio José Castillo Lara, SDB, Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law; Bishop José Vicente Andueza Henriquez of Venezuela; Bishop Roman Arrieta Villalobos, President of the Bishops’ Conference of Costa Rica; and Cardinal Franz König, Archbishop of Vienna.</p> <p>The inclusion of Cardinal König’s name is somewhat unsurprising as he was well-known to the Italian Freemasons who even claimed to have given him money on several occasions: </p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p><strong>First, he started a confidential dialogue with the most important Masons. Once it was accepted, he waited for the right moment to propose a different image of Masonry to Catholics. His influence in the Code was decisive. Koenig is well aware of what the Institution is. He has a good understanding of Masonic “solidarity,” because every time he asked help from us, he received it, without having to explain the purpose for that money.</strong></p> <p>Italian Grand Master Armando Corona, from a 1990 interview</p> </blockquote> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Those Against the Change</h2> <p>Those who were in favour of retaining Canon 2335 included the German Bishops’ Conference, who had been engaged in extensive dialogue with Freemasons, yet concluded that in its essence, Freemasonry remained hostile to the Church. Cardinal Siri was also against any change, saying that nothing in Freemasonry had changed. Cardinal Ratzinger, then Prefect of the CDF, declared that Freemasonry posed an ‘extraordinary danger’ and that if it was thought in some countries to have changed, then that only indicated that its danger was not understood by the bishops there.</p> <p>Further, Cardinal Pietro Palazzini, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, stated that retaining the penalty of excommunication for Freemasons did not violate Paul VI’s guidelines. He said that:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>….. their “creed” is “apostasy, at least implicitly”; that is, it eliminates truth and revealed religion while welcoming Catholics as “useful idiots”. In pastoral practice there is a need to avoid equivocating and to clearly show the sure way to salvation. Freemasonry is more dangerous than Communism, because while Communism is the explicit enemy of the Church, Freemasonry is more subtle.</p> <p>Fr. Paolo M. Siano, <a href="https://onepeterfive.com/prohibition-freemasonry-disappeared-canon-law/">referring</a> to Cardinal Palazzini’s statement.</p> </blockquote> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Ratzinger Fights Back</h2> <p>Cardinal Ratzinger, obviously unhappy with the outcome, released his “Declaration on Catholic Membership in Masonic Associations” in 1983. Ratzinger explains that the omission of specific mention of Freemasonry in the 1983 Code was due to “editorial criteria” and goes on to reiterate the Church’s long-held view:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>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 enrol in Masonic associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion.</p> </blockquote> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Subsequent “Commentary”</h2> <p>A <em>Commentary on the Code of Canon Law</em> was released in 1985 then republished in 2001. Both editions were edited by Monsignor Pio Vito Pinto, whose name curiously appeared on the famous <em> <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/11/17/a-more-authoritative-list-of-ecclesiastical-masons-from-1976/">Pecorilli’s List</a></em> of Ecclesiastical Freemasons. Msgr Pinto went on to become Dean of the Roman Rota and is known to have expressed great outrage at the <em>Dubia</em> of the Four Cardinals against the heretical actions of Pope Francis.</p> <p>Notably absent from the <em>Commentary</em> is any mention of the long-standing prohibition on Catholics being members of Freemasonry. Rather the <em>Commentary </em>mentions only Canon 1374, the Canon requiring a “just punishment” for members of any association which conspires against the Church. According to the <em>Commentary</em>, “it is not easy to apply canon 1374 unless the competent universal and local ecclesiastical authority clearly indicate which organizations fall under the authority of that canon…”</p> <p>One can only wonder at the blindness of those clerics who failed to see that Freemasonry never lost its anti-Catholic agenda.</p> <p>SOURCES</p> <p style="line-height:0.5"><em>Declaration on Masonic Associations</em>, 1983. <a href="https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19831126_declaration-masonic_en.html">Vatican website.</a></p> <p style="line-height:0.5">How the Prohibition on Freemasonry Disappeared from the Code of Canon Law. <a href="https://onepeterfive.com/prohibition-freemasonry-disappeared-canon-law/">One Peter Five.</a></p> <p style="line-height:0.5">The Catholic Church & Masonry.<a href="https://www.traditioninaction.org/History/G_001_Masonry_PCO.html"> Tradition in Action</a>.</p> <p style="line-height:0.5">Cardinal Franz König Receives Money from the Masonry. <a href="https://www.traditioninaction.org/ProgressivistDoc/A_074_KoenigMasonry.htm">Tradition in Action.</a></p> <p style="line-height:0.5">Msgr Pinto reiterates His Opinion <a href="https://www.ncregister.com/blog/msgr-pinto-reiterates-his-opinion-synod-was-work-of-the-holy-spirit">NC Register</a></p> <p></p> <ol class="wp-block-footnotes"><li id="f5a29614-f9ed-4f25-95ad-a3af4e9518db">A prohibition which excludes the faithful from certain activities such as participating in the Mass and Sacraments or from having a Christian burial. <a href="#f5a29614-f9ed-4f25-95ad-a3af4e9518db-link">↩︎</a></li></ol> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Categories <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/category/masonic-infiltration-of-the-church/" rel="category tag">Masonic Infiltration of the Church</a></span><span class="sep">•</span><span class="tags-links">Tags <a 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