Meanwhile, its members say they see Freemasonry as everything from a powerful brotherhood to a chance to give back to the community to what one English member calls “an avenue for personal growt ...

but did not lay brick and stone for a living—first began to be admitted to Scottish and English lodges made up of actual masons in the 16 th century. Soon enough, Freemasons were, for the most ...

Secret societies and organisations have long fascinated outsiders, but few have attracted as much intrigue and speculation throughout history as the Freemasons. It is the "world's largest secret ...

The papers are The Times and The Telegraph, which is perhaps curious; you might have thought that most Masons would actually be readers of those twin colossi of the British establishment anyway.

There is also the Grand Lodge of Ireland. “The English Freemasons and Irish Freemasons have the same organisational structure, so there is the District Grand Lodge of Jamaica English Constitution.

Pope Francis approved the document on Freemasonry in a meeting with Cardinal Fernández on Nov. 13. It is available on the Vatican website in English and Italian.