By Tim Rohr
An anonymous commenter recently shared this link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmine_Pecorelli
Italian journalist alledgedly killed for revealing names of Masons in the Vatican
I share this because many Catholics, including Catholic politicians running for the office of the governor, are either unaware that the Catholic Church prohibits membership in Freemasonry, or choose to ignore the prohibition, as demonstrated in several posts on this blog involving a debate mostly between Frenchie and a Catholic defending Freemasonry:
Thursday, November 6, 2025
UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM WITH FREE MASONS
Monday, November 10, 2025
Saturday, November 15, 2025
WHY CAN'T A CATHOLIC BE A FREEMASON? FR. MITCH PACWA SJ EXPLAINS
Sunday, November 16, 2025
ON THE IRRECONCILABILITY BETWEEN CHRISTIAN FAITH AND FREEMASONRY
Sunday, November 23, 2025
CONSCIENCE IS NOT PRIVATE JUDGMENT
Thursday, December 4, 2025
NEEDED CLARIFICATION ABOUT DEFLECTION AND DENIAL.
Copied here is the relevant section of the Wikepedia article:
The Pecorelli list: Freemasonry and the Vatican
In the weekly publication he edited, Osservatore Politico, on 12 September 1978, Pecorelli released an edition entitled La Gran Loggia Vaticana (The Vatican Grand Lodge).[5] Within this he published a list of 121 names of Vatican personnel, including prominent Cardinals, Bishops, priests and laymen supposedly belonging to Freemasonry.[6][7] The implication was that there had been a Masonic infiltration of key positions in the Vatican.
Each entry on the list included a supposed membership number and an alleged Masonic code name. Some of the most prominent individuals listed included Cardinals Jean-Marie Villot, Sebastiano Baggio, Agostino Casaroli, Augustin Bea, Leo Joseph Suenens, Ugo Poletti, Salvatore Pappalardo and Michele Pellegrino, Archbishops Annibale Bugnini, Luigi Dadaglio and Pasquale Macchi, Bishop Paul Marcinkus (President of the Vatican Bank) and Mons. Virgilio Noè[5] Although called popularly the “Pecorelli list” and mostly featuring the names of Italian clergymen, the origin of the list was first found in the French publication Bulletin de l'Occident Chrétien Nr.12, published in July 1976 in an article authored by Pierre Fautrad a Fye.[8] This list was subsequently published on 10 August 1976 in Panorama, an Italian magazine, before it was picked up two years later by Pecorelli.[9]
Regardless, the list has been reprinted numerous times, particularly in traditionalist Catholic circles, as supposed evidence to “prove” a Masonic compromise of the Vatican. Some of these themes were reconsidered by British journalist, David Yallop for his 1984 work, In God's Name, featuring a conspiracy theory about John Paul I's death.[10] This list itself was published a mere 16 days before the death of John Paul I, and according to his sister, Rosita Pecorelli, the dossier with a list of names was given to the Pope about the "unfaithful" figures in the Vatican, just before his mysterious death and that the Pope in Rome was planning to take action against the names provided.[11] Some traditionalists such as Roberto de Mattei, while being open to the idea of Masonic infiltration, have encouraged a cautious approach to the Pecorelli list, given that Pecorelli was himself a P2 Lodge member and could have been "spreading disinformation or documents that are both true and false" to "muddy the waters".[12]
Leo Zagami was a member of one of the Masonic P lodges in Rome & a Rosicrucian. He has had to leave Italy & now lives in the US.
ReplyDeleteHe has recently revealed that Pope John Paul XxIII was a mason & had been inspired to open the ecumenical Vatican 2 council following paranormal experiences!!
John XXIII
ReplyDeleteHas there been any further feedback or response from the two Guam gubernatorial candidates or even from the clergy regarding the claims that the candidates are Freemasons or associate with Freemasons? Would also like to know more about the paranormal experiences which inspired Pope John XXIII to open Vatican II.
ReplyDeleteOvercoming Conspiracism: The Bureaucratic Subversion of Vatican II
ReplyDeleteThe present crisis within the Catholic Church is undeniable. However, attributing this decline exclusively to "Masonic infiltration" is an exercise in evasion. It serves as a convenient pretext to avoid looking the crisis directly in the eye. To understand the current ecclesiastical paralysis, we must examine the dissenting voices that preceded the Second Vatican Council and analyze the profound blunders committed in interpreting and implementing its documents.
The Pastoral Intent vs. The Implementation Chaos
As established by Pope John XXIII, the primary purpose of Vatican II was pastoral, not dogmatic. The Council sought to bridge the chasm between unchanging Church Truth and a modern world heavily influenced by modernist philosophies. By finding a more conciliatory tone, the Council aimed to advance the Church’s mission without altering a single dogma.
The collapse occurred during the implementation phase. Because the Council Fathers did not foresee the subsequent chaos, they left no definitive guidelines for executing this new pastoral approach. This structural vacuum allowed implementation committees to be hijacked by a dissenting hierarchy.
The chief example of this is the Consilium—the committee tasked with liturgical reform. The Council never mandated the versus populum (facing the people) posture for the priest, nor did it intend to eliminate Latin from the Mass. Yet, both occurred. While liturgical norms do not conflict with human passions, clergy and laity violated them for purely ideological reasons, committing a modern-day sin of King Saul by substituting obedience with self-will. This liturgical rebellion naturally triggered a moral collapse, epitomized by the widespread ecclesiastical revolt against Pope Paul VI's 1968 encyclical, Humanae Vitae. Similar distortions quickly compromised the Council's documents on ecumenism and interreligious dialogue.
Institutional Subversion by the US Hierarchy
In the United States, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) accelerated this decline through three specific administrative and canonical maneuvers:
• The Erasure of Pastoral Stability: By securing an indult to routinely transfer parish priests, the bishops stripped pastors of the canonical right to stability of office. This converted priests from spiritual fathers into transient, careerist administrators, while allowing bishops to sweep delinquent behavior under the carpet via geographic transfers.
• Financial Centralization: The financial independence of individual parishes was effectively destroyed. By merging parish assets into unified diocesan corporations, the hierarchy centralized fiscal control and eroded local autonomy.
• The Hypocrisy of the Dallas Charter: The 2002 Dallas Charter established a "zero-tolerance" policy that functioned as institutional misdirection. While it enacted strict penalties for rank-and-file priests, it intentionally protected and covered up the crimes of abusive bishops.
Conclusion
Blaming external conspiracies or the Council documents themselves only provides cover for the administrative actors driving this decline. The path to restoration requires a relentless exposure of, and opposition to, the Canonical deceptions by bureaucratic Bishops