Back in 1738, Pope Clement XII got his vestments in a knot over the Freemasons. There was an investigation in Italy, and then a nasty wrangle with a French cardinal. So Clement XII issued In Eminenti, ...

The Vatican has confirmed a ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons, a centuries-old secretive society that the Catholic Church has long viewed with hostility and has an estimated global membership of up ...

MILAN — The Archbishop of Milan has surprised many Catholics with the news that he plans to take part in a seminar in the northern Italian city on Friday with the grand masters of Italy’s three ...

A. The short answer is sometimes. Permit me to explain. Since the early 18th century, the Catholic Church has consistently prohibited Catholics from membership in the Masons (also called Freemasons*).

The Vatican reiterated the Catholic Church’s ban on its faithful joining Freemasonry, directing the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to address the issue through “a coordinated ...

Myths and conspiracy theories surround the secretive order of Freemasons. But after three centuries of existence, the society is gradually opening itself to the public. On June 24, 1717, the day that ...

Roughly 20 people came out to Freemason Street Baptist Church on Wednesday evening for A Service of Hope, after the weekend’s shooting in Florida. Forty-nine people were killed at a gay nightclub in ...

The Freemason lodge in Jersey marked 200 years on the island in 2012 Freemasons in Jersey have had their request to host a 300th anniversary service at Town Church rejected. Next year Freemasons will ...