FYI: Freemasonry and the Knights Templar (Not the Knights of Malta)

The Lepanto Institute, Michael Hichborn: The Mysterious recent events surrounding the Sovereign Military Order of Malta took a strange and unexpected twist in the beginning of January when, in the middle of a bitter feud over the suspension of one of its members, Pope Francis allegedly tossed mention of Freemasons in the mix.  As strange as it may seem, there appears to be some historical context that might shed some light on the situation. Full article is here.