The president of the Pontifical Academy of Theology spoke with Vatican News this week. The president of the Pontifical Academy of Theology, Bishop Antonio Staglianò, shown above right, affirms that ...

In his youth, Serge Abad Gallardo joined Freemasonry with the conviction he could contribute to make the world a better place. He turned 24 years later to Christ, convinced he had been serving the ...

FOR decades Freemasonry has been shrouded in mystery, giving rise to numerous myths associating it with evil, which members of Lodge St John in Jamaica wish to debunk. Last Monday, Lodge St John ...

Imagine, if you will, a fraternity of secret handshakes, enigmatic symbols, profound philosophical inquiry and unfaltering moral integrity. A society of men deeply immersed in the pursuit of moral and ...

This is part of Advice Week: Friendship Edition. We’ll help you make friends, leave them—and even sleep with them. A nondescript building in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood houses, variously, the ...

Freemasonry is an ancient fraternity, and just a decade ago, its leaders saw their membership getting pretty ancient, too. But best-selling novels like Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” and movies like ...

As the world’s oldest secret society, the Freemasons have had several hundred years to influence history, build an impressive membership roster, and inspire a body of legend and speculation that ...

Freemasonry has long had a relationship to the politics of both left and right. Bourgeois revolutionaries in France and America and modern mainstream politicians have all been members, as were some ...

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The members of the Queen Anne Masonic Lodge near downtown Seattle are on the young side. The guy in charge is 26. Danny Done, the lodge's worshipful master, is lounging on his designated chair in the ...