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The pope is neither a member of nor the head of the Freemasons. To even join the Masons incurs automatic excommunication for Catholics.
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As far as is known, no pope has ever been a Freemason. The very notion that a pope could be a Mason, or even head of the Masonic organisation, probably stems from the discovery in 1976 that, in Italy alone, well over a hundred clergy including bishops and cardinals had secretly become Masons, after the Italian government ruled that the names of individuals who joined secret societies such as Masonic lodges be made public. It appears that in many cases, they were blackmailed into becoming members after the Mafia discovered incriminating facts about them. The Masonic movement itself was innocent of direct involvement in what occurred, but its secrecy provided an ideal cover for the Mafia to infiltrate the Vatican and engage in symbiotic criminal activity.
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