The Grand Orient de France was instrumental in the founding of the left-wing Republican Party. The Grand Orient advanced the concept of “Laïcité”, the separation of Church and State and the absence of religious interference in government affairs (Revue Maçonnique, Tome XI, pages 47-51, Lyon, 1848), personified by the Goddess of Liberty and Reason, Marianne.

Not long after arriving at Rennes-le-Château in 1885 – Saunière was one of several priests in the region who were suspended from priestly duties for attacking the Republic during the French elections. Saunière was still considered a militant reactionary against the Republic in 1899.

Material evidence shows that Saunière obtained 250,000 francs from trafficking in masses between 1896-1915 (correspondence record of letters sent and received by the curé of Rennes-le-Château 1896-1915, deposited on microfilm in Departmental Archives l'Aude, Carcassonne).

Believers are still looking for mysteries and treasures in Rennes-le-Château – Bérenger Saunière as Freemason is peddled on the strength of Masonic Regalia allegedly found among his possessions. Did Saunière leave anything in his writings relating to this Masonic Regalia? It could have been added by Noël Corbu. Or it could have been planted as a prank by Saunière’s great-niece, Josette Barthe...

Rennes-le-Château is notorious for lies and fakes.

“The Law of 1905, the foundation of our secular Republic”, is the theme of a conference organized by the Freemasons of the Rectitude et Fraternite Lodge of The Grand Orient de France, this Thursday, 7 December, 2017 at the Temple of Morne Tartenson, in Fort-de-France at 7 p.m. A conference that is open to the general public, moderated by Louis-Felix Ledoux, Regional Delegate to The National Secularism Commission of The Grand Orient of France 2009-2012.”