Pope Francis has died aged 88

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Wrong Friends: Italian Freemasonry Mourns Francis

gloria.tv | April 23, 2025

The Grand Lodge of Italy has issued an extraordinary tribute to Francis, hailing him as a man who “incarnated the values of brotherhood, humility, and the quest for a planetary humanism.”

In doing so, they confirm that Francis was the fulfilment of Masonic aspirations by leading the Church back to the 1960s.

The Lodge praises Francis’ encyclical Fratelli tutti as a manifesto for the Masonic and Revolutionary triad of Libertas, Aequalitas, Fraternitas.

They say that his “faith” was aligned with their own “Masonic initiatory method, founded on a path free from dogmas,” and embrace his embrace of doubt and dialogue, and his promotion of “a planetary conscience”—all classic code for a religion of man.

The Massonic sect recognises in Francis a man after their own heart: one who sought to “change the Church” by bringing the [alleged] “revolutionary teaching of St Francis” into history.

Here is the original text:

Francis, the Pope of the Poor and Forgotten [‘The Last Ones’]

Obituary from The Grand Lodge of Italy of the Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons, Italy

The Grand Lodge of Italy of the Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons joins in the universal mourning for the death of Pope Francis, a shepherd who, through his magisterium and his life, embodied the values of brotherhood, humility, and the quest for a planetary humanism.

The Grand Lodge of Italy of the Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons joins in the universal mourning for the death of Pope Francis, a shepherd who, through his magisterium and his life, embodied the values of brotherhood, humility, and the quest for a planetary humanism. Coming from the “end of the world”, Jorge Mario Bergoglio knew how to change the Church, bringing the revolutionary teaching of Saint Francis of Assisi into the present moment of history.

In this time of mourning, our Communion wishes to pay homage to the vision of Pope Francis, whose work bears a profound resonance with the principles of Freemasonry: the centrality of the person, respect for the dignity of every individual, the construction of a community of solidarity, the pursuit of the common good. His encyclical Fratelli tutti stands as a manifesto. Libertas, Aequalitas, Fraternitas [Liberty, Equality, Fraternity] is the threefold axis of Freemasonry’s value system. To overcome divisions, ideologies, and the dominant single thought in order to recognise the richness of differences and build a humanity united in diversity—this was Francis’ ardent desire, and it is the very design pursued by the Grand Lodge of Italy.

Pope Francis knew how to reconcile faith and reason, complementary dimensions of the human experience, renewing the Anselmian principle of credo ut intelligam [I believe so that I may understand]. A faith capable of questioning itself, of welcoming doubt, and of dialogue, which we also find in the Masonic initiatory method, founded on a path free from dogmas and substantiated by the unceasing search for truth.

The reign of Francis placed at its heart the poor and forgotten, along with care for the planet and an ethics of development grounded in human dignity. This too is reflected in the Masonic construction of the “inner Temple”, founded on tolerance, solidarity, and resistance against hatred and ignorance, and it finds a profound correspondence in Bergoglio’s pastoral work, who with his “gentle revolution” showed that humility and dialogue are instruments of authentic strength. In the line of the “Francis Economy” and the vision of a “common home”, Freemasonry supports the commitment to a sustainable, just, and united future.

In this time marked by grave crises, the Grand Lodge of Italy finds itself in accord with Pope Francis’ appeal for a “planetary conscience”, which recognises humanity as a community of destiny. We honour his memory by continuing to work for an ethic of restraint, for respect of the other, and for the construction of a Temple founded on solidarity, freedom of thought, and universal brotherhood.

Luciano Romoli
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Italy of the Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons
Rome, 22 April 2025