Freemasonry and the Vatican: A Struggle for Recognition

"...There is at present in Catholic circles a constant, subtle and determined campaign in favour of freemasonry. It is directed by the progressive element which is currently enjoying a great influence in French and American Church circles and beginning to show its hand in England too. Its avowed object is to obtain from the Vatican the revision or even annulment of the various condemnations pronounced by the Popes upon the Craft since 1738. This element consists of a number of priests, including a Jesuit, Editors of Catholic newspapers and several writers of note.
In this new work, Vicomte de Poncins emphatically reinforces the Church's condemnations of Freemasonry,..."
Translated from the French of Vicomte Léon de Poncins by Timothy Tindal-Robertson.