My understanding is that there are two "brands" of freemasonry. We can call it "Liberal" freemasonry and "Conservative" freemasonry, or, to be more precise, "British" freemasonry and "French" freemasonry. They have widely different philosophies.
British Freemasonry is the conservative kind. They're generally pro CofE and anti-catholic, and these guys exist predominantly in Britain and the US. These guys are the ones who (allegedly) don't discuss politics or religion in their meetings and don't allow women and until recently did not allow black people or jews. They also allegedly don't discuss business but this is just not true.
Under British Freemasonry there is a more traditional sense of "Brotherhood in difference" where the ban on politics and religion is supposed to allow people of all walks of life to work together. This is where the Bushes and the Kerrys, for example, get along.
Their meetings allegedly are incredibly boring, like going to church without actually believing in God.
French freemasonry on the other hand is remarkably aggressive. They are explicitly anti-christian and they just don't do anything but discussing politics and religion. They have a revolutionary stance and push for frankly radical policies left-wise. These guys are very strong in France, Spain and Italy where they have done a sizable amount of gay ops over the years. There's no western European left wing party that is not effectively infiltrated by these guys.
Those are the guys who have often been accused of satanism, especially by the papacy and the Catholic Church.
Portugal and Germany are countries that are 50/50 one kind or the other.