Freemasonry
Group of fraternal organizations
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| January 19 2025 | President Joseph Biden was presented with a 'resolution of membership' in the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of South Carolina on his last day in office. |
| 2024 | Most U.S. Grand Lodges have now recognized their Prince Hall Grand Lodge counterparts, establishing a new precedent of shared jurisdiction and mutual recognition between mainstream and African American Masonic organizations. |
| 2023 | Godfrey Stuart Place becomes the current Grand Master of Freemasonry in South Africa, taking over the role from John Ewald Henry Smith. |
| 2023 | Grand Lodge of Ireland membership reduced to around 19,000 members. |
| 2023 | Grand Orient de France membership grew to 53,000 members across approximately 1,381 lodges. |
| 2023 | United Grand Lodge of England membership declined to approximately 170,000 members. |
| November 13 2023 | Pope Francis reaffirmed the ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons, citing the irreconcilability between Catholic doctrine and Freemasonry. |
| August 20 2022 | Chartering of the Grand Lodge Prince Hall São Paulo, Brazil, by the Prince Hall National Grand Lodge. |
| 2021 | Confirmation of ongoing efforts towards full Masonic recognition, with most U.S. Grand Lodges acknowledging the legitimacy of Prince Hall Freemasonry. |
| 2019 | The Lodge initiated a charity program specifically focused on supporting underprivileged children in Singapore. |
| 2018 | Membership of the Masonic Lodge in Singapore decreased to approximately 650 members. |
| 2018 | The United Grand Lodge of England released guidance stating that a Freemason who ceases to be a man after initiation remains a Freemason, and transgender men are allowed to apply. |
| 2018 | UGLE released guidance explicitly welcoming transgender members, affirming that a Freemason who ceases to be a man after initiation remains a Freemason. |
| November 2018 | Brother William Ramsay McGhee, a former Police Chief Superintendent, was installed as the Grand Master Mason of Scottish Freemasonry. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Freemasonry in Scotland, Freemasonry in the United States, Freemasonry in Singapore, Freemasonry in South Africa, Prince Hall Freemasonry & Freemasonry, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.