Knights of Columbus

"It's absolutely inappropriate for the president of the United States to be using a Catholic facility like the shrine for a photo op for his reelection," said Stephen Schneck, who was among some 2,000 demonstrators.

Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Fr. Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, clearing the way for his beatification.

The Knights of Columbus, based in New Haven, announced April 7 it is launching a multimillion-dollar food drive and delivery operation to support the nation's food banks, which are reporting unprecedented numbers of people in need of food as the coronavirus pandemic has forced people out of work now for weeks.

After 142 years, the Knights of Columbus is pulling down a veil of secrecy that has surrounded its initiation ceremonies in an effort to better showcase the order's core principles and its drive to help Catholic men become disciples.

We say: The Catholic Church in the U.S. is for sale. Money provides individuals and groups entrée to the highest levels of church leadership and affords others an inordinately large say in church affairs.

Supreme Knight Carl Anderson highlighted humanitarian efforts of the Knights of Columbus at the 137th annual Knights convention in Minneapolis. 

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