By Br. Charles Madden O.F.M. Conv.

New Expanded edition! A short; incisive examination of Freemasonry; giving a brief; clear overview of the subject. Written to convince today's Catholics that they must not join this cult. Quotes Leo XIII's famous encyclical On Freemasonry (1884); proves it is a secret society; a religion of naturalism and that it aims at subverting the influence of the Catholic Church. Gives current official Catholic statements; intended to end confusion about Catholics joining this cult. New material includes "Masons and Mafias;" discussing the partnership of these two groups in Europe; and Appendix F; "Kadosh--30th Degree;" which describes a Masonic ceremony which involves trampling on the papal tiara.

• Binding: Paperback
• Pages: 71

Brother Charles Madden, OFM Conv., was born at Baltimore, Maryland in 1940. He was the youngest of eleven children, and graduated from Mt. St. Joseph High School in 1957. He was later employed for ten years at the Social Security Headquarters in Baltimore, and joined the Conventional Franciscan order in 1968. Brother Madden is the author of Giving Up Stealing... for Lent! and Freemasonry: Mankind's Hidden Enemy. He has also contributed to Immaculata Magazine over a period of thirty years.