The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s 1983 declaration on freemasonry is still valid. According to this Declaration it is a mortal sin to become a freemason – even pope Francis has not changed this law. This teaching is official and still valid.
During one week the U.S. president ordered bombings against 7 different countries. There is no talk of this as this has become the ordinary situation in the warmongering state that is the U.S., a country that does not seem far at all from collapse, to be honest. This situation is discussed on Russia Today's Crosstalk programme.
We pray for him, as we must indeed all, but I would like to think that he needs our prayers less than most, although we are not to judge someone's eternal destiny, of course.
What is certain is that Fr. Peter Carota helped many a people grow in the faith, myself included, and for that those he enlightened will be ever grateful to him.