Vatican Upholds Excommunications of Freemasons

Mon, 19 Jul 2021 23:01:15 GMT

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nine years after Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz ordered Catholics in Lincoln to sever their ties to 12 dissident organizations or face potential excommunication, the Vatican has rejected an appeal by the Chicago-based reform group Call to Action, letting stand the bishop’s original order.