Former US President Joe Biden has joined the Freemasons even though the Catholic Church can punish membership of the secret society with excommunication.
Mr Biden, a Catholic, was admitted to the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of South Carolina on January 19, the day before he handed over the US presidency to Donald Trump.
His membership was announced at a ceremony in which Victor C. Major, the Most Worshipful Grand Master of the South Carolina lodge, said: “I…on behalf of the members of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of South Carolina, hereby confer membership upon President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. in recognition of his outstanding service to the United States of America.”
By joining the Masons, Mr Biden, 82, puts himself starkly at odds with the teachings of the Catholic Church.
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