http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:33:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23643/lost-symbol http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23643/lost-symbol#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:10:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23643 While the fictional story lines about conspiracy and the Catholic Church in "The Da Vinci Code" caused an uproar among some Catholics and drew censure from the Vatican, a senior representative of the Freemasons in Australia called "The Lost Symbol" the work of a "terrific novelist."

"We are very pleased, there is nothing in this book that will offend my organization. It does give us the opportunity to open it up a bit," said Greg Levenston, Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory for the Freemasons.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23643/lost-symbol/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23628/masons-brace-for-new-dan-brown-novel http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23628/masons-brace-for-new-dan-brown-novel#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:03:17 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23628 With Dan Brown's newest novel, The Lost Symbol, hitting bookstores Sept. 15 -- much of it rumored to revolve around Masonic myths -- the Masons are in pre-emptive damage-control mode, Religion News Service reports.

Small wonder, since The Da Vinci Code -- which Brown claimed to be historically accurate -- was full of errors.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23628/masons-brace-for-new-dan-brown-novel/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21615/freemason http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21615/freemason#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:34:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21615 Stodgy lodges, traditional initiations and secret handshakes would seem to be the antithesis of punk rock.

But a diverse group of Hub rockers are embracing centuries-old fraternal ideals to become the new face of the Freemasons in Boston.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21615/freemason/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19729/freemasons-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19729/freemasons-3#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:03:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19729/freemasons-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19729/freemasons-3/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19647/freemasons-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19647/freemasons-2#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2007 03:31:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19647/freemasons-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19647/freemasons-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16362/masons-struggle-with-racial-separation http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16362/masons-struggle-with-racial-separation#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:57:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16362/masons-struggle-with-racial-separation http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16362/masons-struggle-with-racial-separation/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16157/freemasons-spilling-secrets http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16157/freemasons-spilling-secrets#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:01:12 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16157/freemasons-spilling-secrets http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16157/freemasons-spilling-secrets/feed 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16029/freemasons http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16029/freemasons#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:43:18 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16029/freemasons http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16029/freemasons/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14251/judge-backs-freemasons-role http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14251/judge-backs-freemasons-role#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14251/judge-backs-freemasons-role/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10957/secrets-of-contorted-freemason-initiation-to-be-revealed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10957/secrets-of-contorted-freemason-initiation-to-be-revealed#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10957/secrets-of-contorted-freemason-initiation-to-be-revealed/feed 0