After participating in a seminar on the Catholic Church and the Freemasons, an Italian bishop reaffirmed that Catholics who belong to Masonic lodges are in a "serious state of sin" and cannot receive ...

The Assistant Provincial Grand Master North of the Grand Lodge of Ghana, John Edusei, has responded to a letter from Most Rev. Joseph Osei-Bonsu, addressing the long-standing debate on the ...

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 has issued a ban on Catholics joining the Freemasons, citing the irreconcilability between Catholic doctrine and Freemasonry. The society, with a worldwide membership of up to six million, ...

This 1851 vintage illustration depicts a large group of Freemasons gathering for a celebration. (Image courtesy of iStock) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholics are still forbidden from joining Masonic ...

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 ...

The Catholic Archdiocese of Accra has firmly reaffirmed the church's position on Freemasonry, declaring that Catholics cannot simultaneously be true members of the church and Freemasons. In a press ...

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 ...

The Black Church and Freemasonry has had a mixed relationship. Many of Philadelphia’s notable church pastors and those men in the pews in predominantly African-American churches are Masons. Many of ...