Join Kelli as she dives into the world of the Freemasons, Secret Societies, Religious Tension, Political Conflict, and... pugs?

In 1738, Pope Clement XII issued a papal bull denying any Roman Catholics from joining the Freemasons. It was a targeted hit at the religious and political tensions surrounding two sects of the Freemasons - the Jacobite Lodge and the Hanoverian Lodge - who argued over their main religious identity and political affiliations. But as a result of the papal bull, Catholics were no longer allowed to join any Freemason group.

So, to get around this, the Order of the Pug was formed - a para-Masonic group that allowed the elite of Europe to still engage in Freemason-esque rituals, fellowship, and life... but without the threat of excommunication.

But the Order of the Pugs operated as it sounds - it was very focused on dogs. Collars, barking, and all. And it got weird.

This episode doesn't have death, destruction, blood, gore, violence, or cannibalism... but it's certainly a strange story!

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