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Cardinal Parolin has also had friendly connections with Italian Freemasonry dating back to 2002, according to the testimony of former grand master of the Grand Orient of Italy, Giuliano Di Bernardo. In 2019, Di Bernardo testified that he helped Cardinal Parolin “resolve a problem with the Chinese government” a few years before. Three years earlier, he said publicly that Parolin “does not have a negative and hostile attitude” to Freemasonry. In an interview shortly before the 2025 Conclave, De Bernardo said that at that first meeting with Parolin, there was “an immediate understanding and complete elective affinity; in fact, we collaborated on several projects. We’ve remained very good friends.” He added that he hoped Parolin would be elected pope. “If there’s a glimmer of rationality left in the Church, Parolin must be elected,” he said. “In that way, the Church can still have hope of rising again. But it’s not guaranteed.”
