Vatican-ka ayaa xaqiijisey mamnuucida ay Roman Catholics ka mamnuucday inay xubin ka noqdaan hudheelada Masonic. Hadalkan ayaa imanaya isagoo ka jawaabaya su'aal ka timid hoggaamiyaha kiniisadda Roman Catholic ee Filibiin, kaas oo raadinaya talo ku saabsan sidii uu wax uga qaban lahaa tirada sii kordheysa ee kaniisaddiisa ee xubnaha ka ah Lodges Masonic.
Jawaabteeda Noofembar 13, Vatican-ka waxay ku jawaabtay in Masiixiyiinta Kaatooligga Roomaanka, kuwa jiifka iyo wadaaddada, ay ka mamnuuc tahay xubinnimada guryaha Masonic. Waxay tilmaamaysaa xukunkii ugu dambeeyay ee rasmiga ah ee laga soo bilaabo 1983, oo uu saxeexay kaardinal Joseph Ratzinger (iyo ugu dambeyntii Pope Benedict XVI laga soo bilaabo 2005 ilaa 2013), kaas oo sheegay in Roman Catholic Freemasons ay "ku jiraan xaalad dembi weyn" oo sidaas darteed ma heli karaan wadaagis. . Sababta ayaa ah in mabaadi'da Freemasonry ay "aan waafaqsanayn baridda kaniisadda" iyo "dhaqankooda iyo caadooyinkooda".
In Filibiin Freemasonry ka mid ah Roman Catholic Masiixiyiinta ayaa noqday moodada. Masonsiinta Masiixiyiinta ah waxay ka caawiyaan wadaaddada maamulida wadaagga, iyo dhowr xubnood oo darajo sare ah oo ka tirsan synodka maxalliga ah ayaa sidoo kale xubno ka ah hoyga Masonic.
Vatican-ku waxay kula talisay wadaadada Filibiin inay "fuliyaan kateesiis ay heli karaan dadweynaha oo ku saabsan sababaha iswaafaqla'aanta ka dhexeeya caqiidada Katooliga iyo Freemasonry" dhammaan kaniisadaha. Waa inay sidoo kale tixgeliyaan bayaan dadweyne oo arrintan ku saabsan, ayaa lagu yidhi warqadda, oo uu ku saxeexan yahay Guddoomiyaha Iimaanka Victor Fernandez oo uu saxeexay Pope Francis.
