Rizal Retraction & Josephine Bracken and Rizal’s Marriage

Rizal was excommunicated by the Catholic Church when he conjugate the Masonry. Influenced by Miguel Morayta, a history professor at the Universidad de Madrid, Rizal joined Masonry, under the Gran Oriente de Espanol, adopting the Masonic name, Dimasalang. He was automatically excommunicated, expelled from the Catholic Church, a fate decreed for all Catholics becoming Masons since 1738 and reaffirmed by the CBCP in 1990. just about argued that Dr. Rizal wrote those anti-catholic passages on his letters, poems and novels during the times when he was still excommunicated from his Catholic faith.So, he was truly an enemy of the Catholic Church of that time. But prior to his execution by firing squad, he wrote a retraction letter which in stave rejects all the things he wrote about the Roman Catholic Church. Catholic fable has it that as if fearing for his salvation, Rizal regained his faith on his last night thus leading(a) to his retraction saying I declare myself a Catholic I wis h to live and die as a Catholic I retract with all my heart all that I have said, write and done against the Church and our Lord Jesus Christ. Josephine BRACKEN Being a mason, Rizal and Josephine could not get married. Josephine and Rizal reunited for the last time at the latters cell in Fort Santiago on December 30, 1896. The partner off were married in Catholic rites by Fr. Victor Balaguer two hours forward Rizals execution at Bagumbayan. After his execution Josephine, accompanied by Paciano and Trinidad Rizal entered rebel territory in Cavite. They were received by Andres Bonifacio who received from the Rizals a copy of the heros last poem which would be cognise as the Mi Ultimo Adios.