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Catholic Church and Freemasonry

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From a website called The Catholic FAQ, at http://www.newadvent.org/faq/faq049.htm	http://bessel.org/cathfaq.htm
From a website of the Catholic Encyclopedia, at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09771a.htm	http://bessel.org/cathency.htm
Letter by Rev. Thomas C. Anslow, C.M., J.C.L. Judicial Vicar	http://bessel.org/cathanslow.htm
From a webpage, citing the New Catholic Encyclopedia, at http://www.trosch.org/bks/freemasonry.html	http://bessel.org/cathnewency.htm
Translation of a document issued by the Vatican's Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith November 26, 1983, cited at http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/freemasonry.htm	http://bessel.org/cathsacredcong.htm
Humanum Genus Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on Freemasonry April 20, 1884	http://bessel.org/cathhumanumgenus.htm
From the Vatican website	http://bessel.org/cathvaticanweb.htm
Links to further information on this subject	http://bessel.org/cathotherlinks.htm
Paper presented at the Texas Lodge of Research, shown at http://www.io.com/~janebm/churchlaw.html	http://bessel.org/cathtlor.htm
Article from the Royal Arch Mason magazine, shown at http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/roman_catholic_freemason.htm	http://bessel.org/cathram.htm

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