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I hate to pop your bubble, buddy, but first, Freemasonry is not, repeat, not a religion. Second, Freemasonry expects each member to be active in his own church.

I didn't say it was a religion. But you said it encourages belief in God. So there is a religious component.

The Roman Catholic Church doesn't like the fact that Freemasonry doesn't insist on each member being active in the Roman Catholic Church.

It's the old Catholo-fascist canard, right? The fascisct Pope doesn't like the Masons becuase they threaten his goals of world domination by not demaning all members be Catholics too. Right. It's because Masonic teachings about God don't jibe with our own. Period.

Did you know you also can't be a Catholic and a Hindu at the same time? Or a Muslim, Jew, Sikh, or Wiccan?

But obviously, one can obviously believe all kinds of drivel, post it to FR, and imagine that he and he alone has the facts; you just proved that.

And yes, it IS a fact that one of the reasons the Catholic church is against Freemasonry, is because Masons can be of any religion, as long as they are of good character and believe in GOD. And it IS this component, which set Pope Clement XII to write the first Bull against Freemasonry; which WAS political, not really "religious" ( except in reference to the English Protestant's take on how they wanted to be governed....vis-a-vis the way in which Catholic nations were managed by their Kings of that time ), and the fact that several Catholic kings and queens were afraid of having to give up some of their power, if their subjects were to be any more influenced by fellow Masons.

With time, later Popes added onto the original ideas, until the defamation grew quite out of hand.

Your last sentence is without substance, merit, and means nothing, re Catholics being a Mason.