The Church puts God in the center; Freemasonry puts man in the center of the universe. Freemasonry elevates man to a height beyond his nature by advocating for three main principles: liberty, fraternity and equality.

“First, fraternity: It’s being lifted to a height almost never seen before in the Church. It’s not being called fraternity; it’s going under the theological name of ‘collegiality,’ but just as in politics, it’s a power grab. It’s the notion that power is shared among a brotherhood who all have the shared goal of the advancement of the the ‘common good.’ It all sounds very good, but just below the surface is the troubling issue of who decides what good or goods should be common to all.

“Next we have the principle of liberty, which is generally understood as freedom. Freedom is an easy propaganda tool to trot out because, well, who disagrees with freedom? This favorite weapon of Freemasonry is here at this Synod going under the pseudonym of ‘conscience’ — as in freedom of conscience. It’s a favorite of theological dissidents because they have the moral high ground by cleverly distorting the Church’s teaching on the primacy of conscience by leaving out one very small word, with a very big context: ‘formed,’ as in properly formed conscience by the Church. We don’t hear that qualifier around the Synod very much right now — at least, not in what’s being told to the media.

“And saving perhaps the best for last, the rather elastic term, which has been christened ‘acceptance’ — as in, we must accept, welcome, accompany and encounter everyone equally…”

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