Fritz Springmeier

Not only have the Jesuits become communist revolutionariesattempting to bring in a socialist state by violence, they havejoined the Masonic Lodges in great numbers. "There were, inaddition, revelations that certain circles of the internationalsection of the Masonic Lodge in Europe and Latin America wereactively organizing opposition to the Pontiff in Poland; thatVatican prelates--some twenty in all--were formal members of theItalian Lodge. . . " 86The Jesuit influence has meant that the Roman Catholicpopulation of India of 3 million has slipped back into what isHinduism.To complete this picture, let us comment on how Vatican II hashelped transform the Catholic church into a Masonic-like religion.Three Cathlolic Priests in their co-authored book Finding GraceAt The Center (bearing the official Imprimatur approval) advises,"We should not hesitate to take the fruit of the age-oldWisdom of the East and "capture" it for Christ...Many Christians who take their prayer life seriously havebeen greatly helped by Yoga, Zen, TM, and similarpractices. . . 87The Mason Pope John Paul II has publicly endorsed suchsyncretism. 88 And much of the Catholic church is following suit. ZenBuddhism and Hinduism are being practiced now by many Catholics atchurch sponsored events.A local Christian (protestant) went to a retreat put on byCatholic monks. After coming home, he felt very good about hisexperience, until his brother who is a Zen Buddhist convinced himthat what he had practiced doing on the retreat was Zen Buddhism. 89Both of the two main schools (types) of Zen Buddhism teach thatthe goal of the Zen Buddhist is enlightment--which they call"satori." The founder of Zen got his enlightment by staring at ablank wall for 9 years straight. The Christian concept of sindoesn't even enter the picture. For instance, listen to two Zenteachers describe satori."Satori is utterly impersonal...sufficient unto itself, itsown authority...without any sense of separateness there is noneed of benevolence or love for one's fellow men. When I andmy Father are one, why seek that one?" 90"If you want to get to the plain truth, be not concernedwith right and wrong. The conflict between right and wrong isthe sickness of the mind." 91The love of Buddhism within the Catholic Church can beexperienced by reading the weekly articles in the National CatholicReport.THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS (A Semi-secret Catholic Fraternity) and THEFREEMASONS WORK TOGETHERPeople from some areas can remember how the Protestants in theirarea would join the Masonic Lodge, and the Catholics would join theKnights of Columbus, and that the two sides were separated bytensions, and animosities.