JohnnyFlotsam
Premium Member
The RCC has a long history of meddling in secular affairs, including the governments of sovereign nations. While they are much less, let's call it "enthusiastic", in their approach today than in centuries past, they will still take everything that they can get in the area of political power and influence. As a staunch believer in the principal of an entirely secular system of law and government, I call that (a church meddling in government) corruption. Others call it Sharia, or Dominionism, so to be fair, it must be said that the RCC is hardly alone in this regard. Whatever it's name, it is unwelcome in a place where the authority of the government is held to flow from the consent of the governed. Freemasonry has a history of fostering the kind of thinking that recognizes and appreciates this "separation" of church and state. It is for that reason that the RCC has such a dim view of the Craft.Pope Francis appears to me to be opposed to all forums of political corruption more than he is opposed to free elections and voting. Could you provide a source where he says he is opposed to free elections and voting, because I cannot find such a source.