Does the Vatican regard Freemasonry as a big deal, or not?

After years of insisting Masonry is fundamentally opposed to the Church, the Vatican has apparently appointed a Mason to a pontifical committee.

In the last two weeks, prominent Italian bishops, including the pope’s own cardinal vicar for Rome, made dramatic interventions to prevent church funerals scheduled for men discovered to be Freemasons.

In the same span of time, the Holy See announced the appointment of a prominent Italian academic to a pontifical committee who, it has since been reported…