Likulu la mpingo wakatolika pa dziko lonse la Vatican latsimikiza zoletsa akhristu a mpingo wakatolika pa dziko lonse kuti akhale membala wa nyumba zogona anthu a Masonic. Mawuwa akubwera poyankha funso la bishopu wa Roma Katolika ku Philippines, yemwe akufunafuna upangiri wa momwe angathanirane ndi kuchuluka kwa akhristu ake omwe ndi mamembala a malo ogona a Masonic.
Poyankha pa Novembara 13, Vatican idayankha kuti akhristu achi Roma Katolika, achipembedzo komanso azibusa, saloledwa kukhala nawo m'malo ogona a Masonic. Akunena za chigamulo chomaliza cha 1983, chomwe chidasainidwa ndi Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (ndipo pomaliza Papa Benedict XVI kuyambira 2005 mpaka 2013), chomwe adanena kuti ma Freemasons a Roma Katolika anali "mu uchimo waukulu" motero sangalandire mgonero. . Chifukwa chake ndi chakuti mfundo za Freemasonry "zimasagwirizana ndi chiphunzitso cha tchalitchi" ndi "zochita ndi miyambo" yawo.
Ku Philippines, gulu la Freemasonry pakati pa Akhristu a Roma Katolika likuyamba kutchuka. Masons achikhristu amathandiza ansembe popereka mgonero, ndipo mamembala angapo apamwamba a sinodi ya komweko alinso mamembala a Masonic lodge.
Vatican ikulangiza mabishopu a ku Philippines kuti “achite katekisimu wofikirika kwa anthu pa zifukwa za kusagwirizana pakati pa chikhulupiriro cha Katolika ndi Freemasonry” m’maparishi onse. Ayeneranso kuganizira zonena pagulu pankhaniyi, idatero kalatayo, yosainidwa ndi Prefect of the Faith Victor Fernandez ndikusainidwanso ndi Papa Francis.
