Jimmy Akin - Is there a Masonic conspiracy in the Church?

Is there a Masonic conspiracy within the Church causing an apostasy? Jimmy Akin answers a concerned caller's question on Catholic Answers Live.

Jimmy Akin is an internationally known author and speaker. As the senior apologist at Catholic Answers, he has more than twenty years of experiencing defending and explaining the Faith.

Jimmy is a convert to the Faith and has an extensive background in the Bible, theology, the Church Fathers, philosophy, canon law, and liturgy.

[egggmann]

Hasn’t there been at least a big concern of infiltration? I think 12 popes have warned against or talked about freemasonry in something like 23 documents.

[angelasessums]

I do believe their is evil in the hight arky of the Church, and some that clearly want to change the Churches teachings.  Sometimes fact are in what a person doesn't say. I love the Catholic Church with all my heart!

[jorge]

Many people likes to commit the sin of calumny indeed.

[maryphotakis]

My understanding is that the sin of detraction is not the same as calumny. Detraction would be telling a person's "known" (not publicized) sin, for example; a family member to another family member or friend or fellow parish member. So you would be telling a truth or fact about them, to someone who didn't "necessarily" need to know and thus damaging the good name of another. If you are in a court of law, or a psychologist office or a tribunal, then you might need to mention it if asked. Calumny is the spreading lies about another, ruining the good name of another. Detraction can be placed under the "umbrella" of calumny, because it is also a mortal sin under the 3 conditions for a sin to be mortal.

[elmc]

Always well-reasoned answers to difficult questions.  Thank you.

[peipappy]

Hi guys. Love your posts. However, I noted something on this video that bothered me a little. You both claim that there is no evidence that there are Masons in the hierarchy of the Church. Now this of course depends on your definition of evidence. Nevertheless, there is a list of Cardinals who admit to be masons and it was published in an Italian paper by Fr. Puti 1977. In addition, the Masons themselves released names of high ranking Catholic churchmen and priests to embarrass the Church. So the evidence is there.

Historical evidence indicates that the rubrics of the Mass and liturgical celebrations had been slowly changing between 1948 through to 1969 when the Novo Ordo Mass became mandatory in all our churches, introduced by Archbishop Bugnini by the way. Just wondering if you read the book by Fr. Anthony tiled "Work of Human Hands: a theological critique of the Mass of Paul VI"

Anyways some evidence seems to be there if any cares to look. As Archbishop Lefebvre once said when asked if a high ranking clergy was a Mason, "He doesn't need to be. He thinks like one". In other words they can do just as much damage to the church as one who is a mason, with their "secular enlightenment" ideals.

There certainly appears to be enough circumstantial evidence to warrant a full fledged investigation. I see no calumny here.

[ellahope]

yes pray pray pray for the Church, Some Cardinals have some liberal wrong ideas as a convert from Baptist faith 15 years ago, I don't want to see married people taking communion who were married before with out annulment or gays married in our faith. It would be grave to the Eucharist, Jesus Mary  I tell my secular order of Franciscans they say don't worry never. They have been Catholics since birth.
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[GeoffNelson]

Used to listen to these guys on the radio. I'd never seen them before now.

[ALC]

what about the pictures and eyewitnesses of strange Phenomina in Rome Catholic Church?

[BronxCat]

thank you jimmy. you explained alot! God bless!!

[alketikevok]

Is Catholic continue gaining her universality or loosing it??