Ua hōʻoia ka Vatican i ka pāpā ʻana i ka poʻe Katolika Roma mai ka noho ʻana ma nā hale hoʻokipa Masonic. ʻO ka ʻōlelo i pane ʻia i ka nīnau mai ka pīhopa Kakolika Roma Pilipine, ka mea e ʻimi nei i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e pili ana i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui o kāna mau parishioners he mau lālā o nā hale moe Masonic.
Ma kāna pane ʻana i ka lā 13 Nowemapa, ua pane aku ka Vatican e pāpā ʻia nā Kalikiano Katolika Roma, ka poʻe kamaʻāina a me ke kahuna pule, mai ka komo ʻana i nā hale noho Masonic. E pili ana ia i ka hoʻoholo hope loa mai 1983, i kau inoa ʻia e Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (a hope ʻo Pope Benedict XVI mai 2005 a 2013), ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻo Roma Katolika Freemasons "i loko o kahi kūlana o ka hewa nui" a no laila ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa i ka hui. . ʻO ke kumu, ʻo nā loina o Freemasonry he "kūʻokoʻa me ke aʻo ʻana o ka hale pule" a me kā lākou "hana a me nā kuʻuna".
I ka Philippines, ua lilo ka Freemasonry ma waena o nā Kalikiano Katolika Roma. Ua kōkua ʻo Christian Masons i nā kāhuna i ka lawelawe ʻana i ka ʻaha kūkā, a ʻo kekahi mau lālā kiʻekiʻe o ka synod kūloko he mau lālā nō hoʻi lākou o kahi hale moe Masonic.
Ua aʻo ka Vatican i nā pīhopa Philippine e "hana i kahi catechesis i hiki i ka lehulehu ke kumu o ka like ʻole ma waena o ka manaʻo Katolika a me Freemasonry" ma nā pā hale āpau. Pono lākou e noʻonoʻo i kahi ʻōlelo ākea e pili ana i kēia mea, wahi a ka leka, i kau inoa ʻia e Prefect of the Faith Victor Fernandez a i kau inoa ʻia e Pope Francis.
