The Masons hate Catholics, cause in like 1300 AD the Catholic church outlawed the Templars and burnt their leader at the stake. The remaining Templars joined in with the Masons, they've hated Catholics ever since. Kennedy was a Catholic, the first and only Catholic president in history. The Catholic church knew the Templars had evidence that could destroy their religion, and since religion was (and still is) such a big business back then they couldn't have that, plus the Templars don't pray to Jesus, God, Allah or anything of that nature. They know better. The Catholic church called them heretics and pagans and of course that means that they could hunt them down and kill them off. The Catholic church has a habit of calling their enemies heretics and pagans. The Church killed off a variety of groups back in those days. The Templars were just one of many.