\n\u2018That Freemasons should have this ambition to make man the measure of the world, the free actor of his own life, from birth to death, should come as no surprise,\u2019 he said. \u2018I welcome it.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018The Republic is more than at home in Freemasonry, it is in its heart and soul,\u2019 he said, and affirmed that \u2018Freemasonry is at the forefront of the crucial battle we must fight if we want to mold the times for the good of humanity.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Catholic Church has always been the foremost critic of Freemasonry, condemning its rejection of divine law, religious truth, and the supernatural order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Humanum Genus<\/em>, Pope Leo XIII warned that Freemasonry aims at \u201cthe utter overthrow of the whole religious and political order of the world which the Christian teaching has produced,\u201d replacing it with a system \u201cdrawn from mere naturalism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nMasonry was also condemned by many other popes, and membership of such organizations carries penalties including automatic excommunication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Macron\u2019s speech praised this ideology of naturalism and humanism, calling Freemasonry a guardian of France\u2019s \u201cproject of revolution and emancipation.\u201d He dismissed its critics as \u201cconspiracy theorists and obscurantists, who attribute to it an influence that actually does it credit\u201d \u2013 even as he confirmed the Masons\u2019 active role in shaping national policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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