Freemasonry

He became the Babcock family’s coachman and quickly gained respect in the Greater San Diego area, founding a Prince Hall Freemasonry lodge in San Diego for Black middle-class men to congregate and discuss civil rights.

They were social clubs with similarities to Freemasonry.

"Active membership in Freemasonry by a member of the faithful is prohibited, because of the irreconcilability between Catholic doctrine and Freemasonry," the Vatican's doctrinal office said in a letter published by Vatican media on Wednesday.

As a result, Freemasonry has become iconic in popular culture and among non-members who are intrigued by its shady rituals.

Most people have never even heard of Freemasonry, but those who have often react as if I'd told them I was a member of House Slytherin.