[QUOTEI wonder, how the pope can be in a Fraternity if he is Polish from Poland
I did not know he went to school in the USA! [/B][/QUOTE]
I don't know where you got that from, but here a few comments to that. The actual pope isn't in a fraternity to all of my knowledge, but I think Pius the 6th was.
He and a lot of past and current priests, bishops and even cardinals of the roman catholic church are members of my catholic German fraternity. We are non-secretive, at least not to the extent of most American GLO's.
And one other thing. You don't have to live in North America to become involved in a fraternity. Fraternities have a long standing tradition in Europe with roots in the 13th century. There are non-GLO fraternities in the following countries that I know of: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, The Chzec and the Slovak Republics, the German speaking part of Italy and some student societies in the UK. In addition, my fraternity has a chapter in Tokyo, Japan, and another German fraternity has multiple chapters in Chile (but that is sort of imported and not exactly an indigenous product even if some are over 100 years old
).