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ROME, February 6, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis’s statement in Abu Dhabi on religious pluralism being “willed by God” — and his call to Christians and Muslims to enter the “ark of fraternity” — seem not only to “overturn the doctrine of the Gospel” but also to align with the ideas of Freemasonry, a respected Italian historian has said.


In comments to LifeSite (see full text below), Professor Roberto de Mattei, Founder and President of the Rome-based Lepanto Foundation, also said the Pope’s recent statements appear to be in discontinuity with the Fourth Lateran Council and with magisterial teaching from Pope Gregory XVI to Pope Pius XI.


The Pope came under fire on Monday for signing the “Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together,” with Ahmad el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Egypt’s al-Azhar Mosque, during an interreligious meeting in Abu Dhabi. 


The joint statement incited controversy among Christians for asserting that “the pluralism and the diversity of religions, color, sex, race and language are willed by God in His wisdom, through which He created human beings” — a claim many believe to be contrary to the Catholic faith.

Earlier the same day, the Pope also made what some regard as equally controversial remarks to the Muslim Council of Elders, but the statement garnered less attention.

Commenting on the biblical account of Noah’s Ark, the Pope told Muslim leaders: “We too in the name of God, in order to safeguard peace, need to enter together as one family into an ark which can sail the stormy seas of the world: the ark of fraternity.”  


“Fraternity” has, in fact, become the new buzzword for the current pontificate. 

In his Urbi et Orbi address on Christmas Day, Pope Francis said his wish for a happy Christmas was a “wish for fraternity.” Freemasons in Europe praised the Pope’s message, saying it demonstrates “the Church’s current departure” from its condemnation of Freemasonry.


The new year then opened with the editor-in-chief of the Osservatore Romano, Andrea Monda, announcing that “fraternity” is the “word of hope” for 2019.

“Fraternity” and “humanism” has also featured prominently in recent Vatican statements, most notably in the Pope’s letter to the Pontifical Academy for Life.  


In light of recent events, LifeSite asked Roberto de Mattei for his thoughts on Pope Francis’s statements in Abu Dhabi, the current pontificate’s new emphasis on “fraternity,” and the meaning of this term within Freemasonry. 


According to de Mattei, when “fraternity” is divorced from Christian charity, “far from constituting an element of cohesion in society,” it “becomes the source of its disintegration.” He argues that “if men, in the name of fraternity, are forced to live together without an end that gives meaning to their sense of belonging, the ‘ark’ becomes a prison.” 


The Catholic historian also reminds readers that “Freemasonry continues to be condemned by the Church, even if the men of the Church, at the highest levels, seem to embrace its ideas.”

Here below is the full text of Prof. Roberto de Mattei’s comments to LifeSite. (Read More)

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