The day before he resigned as US President, Joe Biden was inducted as an honorary member of the African-American Masonic society Prince Hall Freemasonry.
This is despite the fact that Biden claims to be a Catholic, and Catholics are expressly forbidden to join this type of secretive order.
Victor C. Major, Grand Master of the South Carolina Chapter of the African-American Masonic Society, boasts that Biden was granted membership of the Master degree “with full honors in recognition of his outstanding service to the United States of America”.
“To be a Freemason is to be part of a brotherhood dedicated to personal growth, service to others, and the pursuit of knowledge and truth”, it proclaims, claiming it is an “honor” to belong to the infamous organization.
Biden’s deeds as president are said to “reflects the core values of the most worshipful Prince Hall grand lodge of free and accepted masons of the state of South Carolina, including brotherly love, relief, and truth”, and it is also believed that the aged ex-president “significantly benefited the citizens of the United States of America”.
“Therefore, be it resolved, that I, 27th most worshipful grand master, Victor C. Major, 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”, the Grand Master states.
Risking excommunication
In this context, Joe Biden has claimed for decades that he is a devout Catholic and that the Vatican prohibits Catholics from joining the Order.
“The Church’s negative judgment in regard to Masonic association remains unchanged since their principles have always been considered irreconcilable with the doctrine of the Church and therefore membership in them remains forbidden“, the Vatican’s doctrinal department stated in a letter as recently as 2023.
In theory, the former US president could be excommunicated (excluded from the communion of the Church), but analysts say such a move is still unlikely.