9. There are several organized bodies which, though differing in name, in ceremonial, in form and origin, are nevertheless so bound together by community of purpose and by the similarity of their main opinions, as to make in fact one thing with the sect of the Freemasons, which is a kind of center whence they all go forth, and whither they all return.
Variae sunt hominum sectae, quae quamquam nomine, ritu, forma, origine differentes, cum tamen communione quadam propositi summarumque sententiarum similitudine inter se contineantur, re congruunt cum secta Massonum, quae cuiusdam est instar centri unde abeunt et quo redeunt universae.vatican.va vatican.va