The Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has forbidden Catholics from joining Freemasonry.
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) of the Vatican has reiterated teachings from the Catholic Church that laypeople or clergy who practice Freemasonry are in "a state of grave sin."
With the signatures of Pope Francis and DDF Prefect Cardinal Victor Fernández, the DDF made public a letter on November 13 that exhorts the faithful to neither join nor participate in Freemason...
