Bishop Who Participated in Freemasonry Event Affirms Its Incompatibility With Catholicism The president of the Pontifical Academy of Theology spoke with Vatican News this week.

Freemasonry is not a religion per se, but agnostics or atheists cannot belong, said Brent Morris, a Masonic historian, editor of the Scottish Rite Journal, and a 33rd degree Freemason.

Freemasonry, the world's largest secret society with millions of members scattered across almost every country in the world, established its first Grand Lodge in England in 1717.

Today, Freemasonry has about 1.3 million members in the U.S., down from 4 million in 1959. Among the members today: African-Americans, formerly relegated to a separate, black-only branch of ...

On Nov. 15, 2023, the Vatican reaffirmed that Catholics cannot belong to Freemasonry and are prohibited from joining a lodge due to their 'irreconcilability' with Catholic doctrine.

I realized this was something that I needed to be a part of.” Worshipful Master James W. Laage will help the Burbank Masonic Lodge on Irving Drive will celebrate 300 years of freemasonry.

Freemasonry and MedicineFreemasonry keeps its doors firmly shut to the outside world. Rumours infiltrate through the medical profession, through doctor's messes and behind closed doors. For ...

A generation ago, Freemasonry began to decline, and many of the fraternity's buildings around the country were being turned into movie theaters. Membership in the U.S. fell from almost 4.1 million ...

Freemasonry was not so inclusive as envisioned, remaining largely inaccessible to women and the working class. Still, lodges permitted a degree of commingling between the aristocracy and educated ...

The Albert Pike statue, toppled during 2020 protests, will be restored and reinstalled by the National Park Service. The ...

“For Freemasonry, God is the great architect of the universe, but it denies that Jesus is begotten and not created, of the same nature as the Father, God from God, light from light, true God ...