Knights of Columbus Archives

Catholic organizations in Florida marshaling aid for Dorian victims

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 7, 2019

In the wake of Hurricane Dorian’s brutal blasting of the Bahamas, Catholic organizations in Florida continued to raise funds to aid victims there.

Ground broken for new St. Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine in New Mexico diocese

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Aug 15, 2019

The rosary walk at a new shrine to be built in the Gallup Diocese to honor St. Kateri Tekakwitha “will imitate” the life and example of the Native American saint, popularly known as the “Lily of the Mohawks,” said Gallup Bishop James S. Wall.

Teen who died saving classmates in school shooting made a Knight

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Aug 8, 2019

As residents of El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, mourned the loss of 31 people in mass shootings Aug. 3 and Aug. 4, the Knights of Columbus honored a teen who died in May trying to save the lives of his classmates during a shooting at his suburban Denver high school.

Abuse finding didn’t end ex-deacon’s work with children

Associated Press, Church in the US
Aug 1, 2019

A former Catholic deacon barred from the ministry in New Orleans because of sexual abuse allegations maintained access to schoolchildren and held leadership roles as recently as last year in the Knights of Columbus.

In new Knights’ video, parents share story of son’s abuse by family friend

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jun 20, 2019

Supreme Knight Carl Anderson said June 19 a new video produced by the fraternal organization is aimed at equipping parents with resources and the tools they need to protect their children from predators.

HHS bans NIH from using fetal tissue from elective abortions in research

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jun 7, 2019

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services banned the National Institutes of Health from using human fetal stem cells from electively aborted babies for government funded research June 5.