A former Freemason's conversion and the psychology of undivided commitment

On June 29, 2026, the Nordic Bishops' Conference told parish priests across five countries that no Catholic is exempt from the Church's prohibition on Freemasonry. For Pål Nes, EWTN Norway's editor-in-chief, the ruling confirmed a choice he had already made — and his account points toward what the psychology of identity has been documenting for decades about values congruence and personal integration.