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{{Infobox Encyclical
 | name         = Custodi di quella fede
 | language     = Latin
 | translation  = 
 | argument     = On Freemasonry
 | date         = 8 December 1892
 |type=| pope =  Leo XIII 
 | papal_coat_of_arms = C o a Leone XIII.svg
 | pages        =
 | number       = 45 of 85
 |Acta Sanctae Sedis=|Acta Apostolicae Sedis=| before       = Magnae Dei Matris
 | after        = Inimica vis
 | web_en       = http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/L13MS3.HTM
 | web_la       = 
}}
'''''Custodi di quella fede''''' (On Freemasonry) was a [[Papal Encyclical]] promulgated by [[Leo XIII]] in 1892 and was addressed to the [[Italian people]].<ref>[http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/L13MS3.HTM Custodi di quella fede]</ref>

It accompanied the encyclical [[Inimica vis]] that was addressed to the Italian bishops. It asked Catholics to work against Freemasonry by guarding families against infiltration, and establishing Catholic institutions such as schools, mutual aid societies and newspapers.<ref>[http://www.io.com/~janebm/churchlaw.html Roman Catholic Church Law Regarding Freemasonry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205180254/http://www.io.com/~janebm/churchlaw.html |date=2010-02-05 }}, by Reid McInvale</ref> It generally urged Catholics to shun secular and non-religious societies.<ref>[http://web.mit.edu/dryfoo/Masonry/Essays/miter-trowel.html The Miter and The Trowel] by William G. Madison</ref>

== See also  ==
* [[Anticlericalism and Freemasonry]]
* [[Anti-Masonry]]
* [[Catholicism and Freemasonry]]
* [[Christianity and Freemasonry]]
* [[Clarification concerning status of Catholics becoming Freemasons]]
* [[List of encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII]]
* [[Papal Documents relating to Freemasonry]]

==References==
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[[Category:Catholicism and Freemasonry]]
[[Category:Encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII]]
[[Category:1892 documents]]
[[Category:1892 in Christianity]]
[[Category:December 1892 events]]


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