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A Masonic Research Lodge is devoted to the study of the history, symbolism, philosophy and social role of Freemasonry.

PUBLICOLA is the first selection of papers from the Research Lodge “Maksimilijan Vrhovec”. The publication takes its name from the Masonic name of Maksimilijan Vrhovac, a member of the Zagreb Lodge “Prudentia”, whose name the Research Lodge itself bears.

PUBLICOLA is conceived as a forum for the publication of research, essays and papers, but also as a record of the activities of the Research Lodge “Maksimilijan Vrhovec” and a contribution to the sharing of knowledge among the Brethren.

CIGLU is the acronym of the International Confederation of the United Grand Lodges (in French, Confédération internationale des Grandes Loges Unies – CIGLU; in English, International Confederation of the United Grand Lodges – ICUGL). CIGLU serves as a platform for mutual recognition, co-operation and fellowship among independent Grand Lodges from a range of countries. The Lodges belonging to this confederation work exclusively in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. At its gathering in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from 15 to 17 May 2026, the Worshipful Master of the Research Lodge Maksimilijan Vrhovec delivered a lecture entitled What do we expect of Freemasonry today?

Convent of the Grand Lodge of France 2025
Paris, 21 June 6025

Jean-Raphaël Notton has been elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of France.

On Saturday 21 June 2025, at their annual General Assembly, the delegates of the Grand Lodge of France elected their Grand Master. Now 69 years of age, Jean-Raphaël Notton was initiated into the Grand Lodge of France in 1986, in the Lodge “Jean Jaurès” in Paris.

Born in 1961, Thierry Zaveroni has devoted his life to service: first to his country, in the French Navy and the prestigious Marseille Naval Fire Battalion, and then to Freemasonry, into which he was received in Marseille in 1985. Since his election to the head of the Grand Lodge of France in 2022, he has given voice to a Masonry that is clear, fraternal and exacting – faithful to tradition, yet deeply rooted in the challenges of our time. In this interview he answers the questions of an international readership keen to understand better the role, the vision and the present concerns of the Grand Lodge of France.

In the Paris Temple named after Pierre Brossolette – brilliant intellectual, Freemason and member of the Resistance who met a tragic death – Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, delivered an inspired address on 5 May 2025 on the unquestionable and pressing need for secularism in today’s society. Accompanied by Rachida Dati, the French Minister of Culture, and received by his hosts Thierry Zaveroni, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of France, and Jacques Rozen, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of France, he spoke before an audience of figures from Parisian political, cultural and media life, Masonic dignitaries and Brethren seated in the columns, in the course of the first – and historic – presidential visit to the Grand Lodge of France.

New channels for intercultural and intergenerational dialogue

In December 2024 the Grand Regular Lodge of Croatia was formally admitted to the Association for Architecture and Masonic Heritage – AAPM for short (Association de l'architecture et du patrimoine maçonnique). The AAPM was founded as an association in September 2019.

At the meeting of the AAPM Board of Directors held on 25 March 2025, the Grand Regular Lodge of Croatia was unanimously awarded a Vice-Presidency on the Board.