IVatican ikuqinisekisile ukuvinjelwa kwamaRoma Katolika ekubeni amalungu ezindlini zokulala zeMasonic. Lesi sitatimende siphendula umbuzo wombhishobhi wamaRoma aKhatholika ePhilippine, ofuna izeluleko zokuthi angabhekana kanjani nokwanda kwesibalo samakholwa akhe angamalungu ezindawo zokulala zeMasonic.
Empendulweni yayo yangoNovemba 13, iVatican yaphendula ngokuthi amaKristu angamaRoma Katolika, abefundisi nabefundisi, awavunyelwe ukuba amalungu ezindaweni zokulala zeMasonic. Kubhekiselwa esinqumweni sokugcina esisemthethweni kusukela ngo-1983, esasayinwa owayenguKhadinali uJoseph Ratzinger (futhi ekugcineni uPapa Benedict XVI kusukela ngo-2005 kuya ku-2013), esathi amaFreemasons amaRoma Katolika “abesesimeni sesono esibi kakhulu” ngakho-ke ngeke athole isidlo. . Isizathu siwukuthi izimiso zeFreemasonry “azihambisani nezimfundiso zesonto” kanye “nemikhuba nemikhuba” yazo.
EPhilippines i-Freemasonry phakathi kwamaKristu angamaRoma Katolika isiba yimfashini. AmaMasons angamaKristu asiza abapristi ekuphatheni isidlo, futhi amalungu amaningana asezikhundleni eziphezulu esinodi yendawo nawo angamalungu e-Masonic lodge.
IVatican yeluleka ababhishobhi basePhilippines ukuba “benze ikhathekhisi elifinyeleleka emphakathini mayelana nezimbangela zokungezwani phakathi kwenkolo yamaKatolika neFreemasonry” kuzo zonke izifunda. Kufanele futhi bacubungule isitatimende somphakathi ngalolu daba, kusho incwadi, esayinwe nguPrefect of the Faith Victor Fernandez yaphinde yasayinwa nguPapa Francis.
