The National Catholic Register portal reports that Guillaume Trichard, reelected Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France (GODF), has declared non-contract private schools — predominantly Catholic and often founded by communities resisting diocesan and state control — have “no place in the Republic.” Trichard explicitly links this offensive to the 2027 presidential election, promising a “white paper” and a broader manifesto to shape candidates’ platforms. He boasts of Masonic responsibility for the Jules Ferry laws establishing secular education and claims credit for the recent legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide. The article notes the historical continuity of this Masonic war, from the Affaire des Fiches (1904) to the failed Savary Bill (1984), and highlights the complicit silence of the conciliar hierarchy. This Masonic offensive is not merely a political dispute; it is a frontal assault on the Social Kingship of Christ, exposing the neo-church’s capitulation to the very powers condemned by the Syllabus and Quas Primas.
The Masonic Blueprint: Secularism as State Religion
The Grand Master’s candid admission — “the Grand Orient de France is an ardent promoter of free, secular public education” — lays bare the theological essence of the French Republic: it is a confessional state worshipping the idol of Laïcité. Trichard’s claim that non-contract schools violate the “indivisible, secular, democratic and social Republic” echoes the condemned proposition that “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Syllabus, Error 55). Pius IX condemned the lie that “In the present day it is no longer expedient that the Catholic religion should be held as the only religion of the State” (Error 77). The GODF does not hide its authorship of this anti-Christian order; it glories in it, tracing its lineage from the Ferry laws to the “assisted-dying” law. This is the synagogue of Satan (Apoc. 2:9) operating in broad daylight, boasting that its “positions… eventually become policy.” The Republic is not a neutral arbiter; it is the political arm of Freemasonry, constructed to dethrone Christ the King.
The Target: Non-Contract Schools as Bastions of Integral Faith
Why does the Grand Master target écoles hors-contrat? Because they represent the only educational spaces where the integral reign of Christ is not yet suffocated by state curriculum mandates. As Gabrielle Cluzel correctly identifies, these schools are “essentially denominational — that is, Catholic.” They are, in her words, “the untouched control sample, kept safe from the great apprentice-sorcerer pedagogical experiment” of the national system. Pius XI teaches in Quas Primas that “men united in societies are no less subject to the authority of Christ than individuals” and that “the state is happy not by one means, and man by another.” The Masonic state cannot tolerate a “control sample” that proves the superiority of Christ’s lex credendi and lex vivendi over its own sterile naturalism. The growth of these schools — 2,557 as of 2025-2026, many tied to the FSSP or SSPX — signals a rejection of the conciliar church’s surrender to the Republic. Yet, we must discern: many of these communities, while preserving the usus antiquior, remain canonically entangled with the usurping hierarchy (FSSP) or the schismatic Lefebvrian structure (SSPX), rendering them vulnerable to the very Masonic infiltration they seek to escape.
The Hypocrisy of “Laïcité”: Masonic Infiltration of State Power
The article recalls the Affaire des Fiches (1904), where Grand Orient lodges spied on army officers’ Mass attendance, coding faithful Catholics as “Carthage” (enemies) and Freemasons as “Corinthe” (favored). This is the modus operandi of the “paramasonic structure” occupying the levers of state power: surveillance, blacklisting, and coercion. Trichard’s rekindling of the flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier — a Masonic “high priest” usurping a civic rite — symbolizes the real established religion of France. The Syllabus condemns the error that “The civil government… has a right to an indirect negative power over religious affairs” (Error 41) and that “In the case of conflicting laws enacted by the two powers, the civil law prevails” (Error 42). The GODF enforces this primacy. The recent parliamentary report targeting Catholic schools under contract, with inspectors photographing students’ spiritual journals and questioning teachers on Mass attendance, is the Affaire des Fiches updated for the digital age. The Republic does not want separation; it wants submission.
The Conciliar Church’s Complicity: Silence Before the Enemy
Where is the “hierarchy” of the conciliar sect? The article notes only the “Catholic funeral of a prominent Freemason and former senator sparked controversy among French Catholics.” A Catholic funeral for a Freemason! This is the fruit of the “hermeneutic of continuity” and the “dialogue” with the world mandated by Vatican II. The 1917 Code (Canon 1239, §2) and the immutable discipline of the Church forbid ecclesiastical burial to “notorious apostates, heretics, and schismatics” and “those who have been excommunicated or interdicted by a declaratory or condemnatory sentence.” Freemasonry incurs ipso facto excommunication (Canon 2335, 1917 Code; confirmed by the Holy Office, 1983, under the false “pope” John Paul II, though the penalty remains rooted in divine law). The fact that a “bishop” of the neo-church presided over such a sacrilege proves the vacancy of the See. As St. Robert Bellarmine teaches, cited in the Defense of Sedevacantism: “A manifest heretic cannot be Pope… he cannot be the head of something of which he is not a member.” The “bishops” of the conciliar sect are not members of the Church; they are functionaries of the Masonic Republic, administering the “abomination of desolation” (Matt. 24:15) in the holy place. Their “general secretariat” publishes reports on “abusive inspections” but never anathematizes the Masonic authors of the persecution. They practice dialogue with the executioner.
The False “Traditionalist” Compromise: FSSP/SSPX Schools as Controlled Opposition
The article reveals that “dozens [of non-contract schools] tied to traditionalist orders such as the FSSP or even the SSPX” are funded by the Fondation pour l’école. This exposes the fatal compromise of those pretending to be traditional Catholics. The FSSP (Fraternity of St. Peter) operates within the conciliar structures, recognizing the usurper antipope (currently Leo XIV, Robert Prevost) and the validity of the Novus Ordo Missae. The SSPX (Society of St. Pius X), while preserving the Mass, continuously acknowledged the validity of the usurpers in the Vatican; Abp. Lefebvre’s strategy — “give us the old Mass, that is enough for us” — accepted the principle of the conciliar church’s legitimacy. Their schools, though doctrinally superior to the diocesan average, function as a pressure valve for the neo-church, channeling dissent into a canonical ghetto tolerated by the Masonic state. They seek “recognition” from the very “bishops” who collaborate with the Republic. This is not the libertas Ecclesiae; it is a negotiated surrender. True Catholic education requires canonical mission from a valid Ordinary — which does not exist in the official structures since 1958. These schools, however pious their intent, lack juridic standing in the true Church and are thus sitting ducks for the Grand Master’s “white paper.”
The Ultimate Remedy: Restoration of the Social Kingship of Christ
Pius XI instituted the Feast of Christ the King precisely as a remedy for “the secularism of our times, so-called laicism, its errors and wicked endeavors” (Quas Primas). He declared: “If rulers of states therefore not refuse public veneration and obedience to the reigning Christ… everyone will notice how religiously and wisely they will use their authority.” The Grand Orient’s war is possible only because Christ has been dethroned — first by the Masonic Republic (1789, 1905), then by the conciliar apostasy (1958-present) which ratified the Revolution’s principles in Dignitatis Humanae and Gaudium et Spes. The solution is not a “white paper” or a presidential candidate. The solution is the Social Kingship of Christ exercised through a true Pope and true bishops, condemning Freemasonry as “the synagogue of Satan,” excommunicating its adherents, and reclaiming the schools for the City of God. As Leo XIII taught, cited in Quas Primas: “His reign encompasses also all non-Christians, so that most truly the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ.” The Grand Master fears the non-contract schools because they faintly image this Kingship. The true Church — the remnant faithful to the pre-1958 Magisterium, sedevacantist in profession — alone holds the title to this Kingship. Viva Cristo Rey! The gates of hell shall not prevail against Her (Matt. 16:18), nor the lodges of the Grand Orient.
Source:
French Freemasonry Sets its Sights on (Catholic) Private Schools Ahead of Presidential Elections (ncregister.com)
Date: 09.09.2026