IVatican ikuqinisekisile ukuvalwa umlomo kwamaRoma Katolika ekubeni amalungu kwiindawo zokulala zeMasonic. Le ngxelo iza kumbuzo kabhishophu wamaRoma Katolika wasePhilippine, ofuna icebiso ngendlela yokujongana nokwanda kwenani lamarhamente akhe angamalungu eeloji zeMasonic.
Kwimpendulo yayo ye-13 kaNovemba, iVatican yaphendula ngelithi amaKrestu amaRoma Katolika, amarhamente kunye nabefundisi, abavumelekanga ukuba babe ngamalungu kwiindawo zokulala zeMasonic. Ibhekisa kumthetho wokugqibela ongowe-1983, owatyikitywa nguKhadinali ngoko uJoseph Ratzinger (yaye ekugqibeleni uPope Benedict XVI ukusuka ngo-2005 ukuya ku-2013), owathi iiFreemasons zamaRoma Katolika “zikwimeko yesono esinzulu” ngoko ke azinakukufumana umthendeleko. . Isizathu kukuba imigaqo ye-Freemasonry "ayihambelani nemfundiso yecawa" kunye "neendlela zabo kunye nezithethe".
KwiiPhilippines i-Freemasonry phakathi kwamaKristu angamaRoma Katolika iba sefashonini. IiMasons zamaKristu zincedisa abefundisi ekulawuleni umthendeleko, kwaye amalungu amaninzi akwizikhundla eziphezulu zesinodi yasekuhlaleni nawo angamalungu e-Masonic lodge.
IVatican icebisa oobhishophu bakwiiPhilippines ukuba “baqhube icakethesi efikelelekayo kubemi ngoonobangela bokungavisisani phakathi kokholo lwamaKatolika neFreemasonry” kuwo onke amarhamente. Kufuneka kwakhona baqwalasele ingxelo yoluntu ngalo mbandela, yatsho ileta, esayinwe nguMphathi woKholo uVictor Fernandez kwaye isayinwe nguPopu Francis.
