“THE WORD”
A FIRST STEP
IN FINDING THE TRUTH

Bernard Bertry
President
of the Confederation
United Grand Lodges of Europe
    
     
It is a great pleasure, for us, to be present at the creation of this magazine printed by the Regional Centre for Franc Masonic Studies – Paris – Bucharest.
Created at the initiative of the Romanian brothers, competent and of high quality, this “Masonic Word” is destined to unveil in front of the public, the true appearance of the Masonry, its tradition, its goals, its truths.
Too many profanes still think that the Franc Masonry is a secret society, that unites people, that consecrates to diabolic rituals.
But one of the great virtues of the franc masonry is the absence of dogmas, respect towards all religions, towards all the faiths of mankind, as little or as sincere as these may be.
The masons are engaged to respect the opinions of others, because they are oriented towards common – wealth.
The political, religious, racist discussions are excluded from the lodges’ works, which are consecrated to edifying everyone, understanding each other, to fraternity.  The result of all good deeds, of any origin, of any type of thinking, the masons have the ambition to participate at the elaboration of a better world, in which the fraternity is not a simple word, it becomes reality.
The masonry is not a secret society, is a discreet one, in which every individual discovers its origins and the moral wealth transmitted by our ancestors. Let us not forget that our tradition permitted us to become what we are now
Too many people ignore the fact that the trilogy “liberty – equality – fraternity” was born in the Masonic lodges. 
“Masonic Word” is the first magazine of this type in Romania. The brothers that conceived this magazine are people that beneficiate of our full trust, because we know the human quality, the thirst of finding the truth.
We want to congratulate them because they bring the light to the public.
It is time to put an end to the ignoble literature, published by false brothers.
The only important fact is the generous upsurge, the great desire to improve, in order to use their knowledge for the wellbeing of the others.
To conclude, I am directing to those so called omniscient in their speeches:
“Speak only if you have something to say,
otherwise silence is more beautiful”
I want to thank one more time to our brothers that had the courage to start this project.
We wish them all the luck they deserve.