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By Walter Sánchez Silva, Catholic News Agency, Aug. 23, 2024

This story was first published by ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner. It has been translated and adapted by CNA.

Lima Newsroom, Aug 23, 2024 / 07:30 am (CNA) – Catholics are strictly prohibited from being Masons or belonging to Freemasonry. Below are seven facts to know in order to not be misled about the matter.

Recently, Father Eduardo Hayen, a Mexican priest of the diocese of Ciudad Juárez and director of the weekly publication “Presencia,” pointed out on X that “a Catholic priest cannot give sacramental absolution to a Mason who asks for Confession and refuses to renounce Freemasonry.”

“No matter how much some Masons insist that one can be Catholic and belong to a lodge, the reality is that these two visions of the world and of God are irreconcilable,” he warned. …

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