Actually, if you read some documents from the Church in the past, it might surprise you. For example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decree_against_Communism

(The "Hitler's Pope" stuff regarding Pius XII was actually Soviet propaganda, and VERY successful, and even shamefully repeated by many Protestants these days. See the book Disinformation by Pacepa.)

There are other encyclicals calling out Freemasonry, all kinds of things really... The Popes from even 50-100 years ago would be called tin-foil conspiracy theorists today. Good reading actually. It's amazing how successful propaganda has been.

P.S. It helps to ignore what the media tells you about the Church. Unsurprisingly they tend to lie or at least dishonestly frame.

Actually, if you read some documents from the Church in the past, it might surprise you. For example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decree_against_Communism

(The "Hitler's Pope" stuff regarding Pius XII was actually Soviet propaganda, and VERY successful, and even shamefully repeated by many Protestants these days. See the book Disinformation by Pacepa.)

There are other encyclicals calling out Freemasonry, all kinds of things really... The Popes from even 50-100 years ago would be called tin-foil conspiracy theorists today. Good reading actually. It's amazing how successful propaganda has been.