Knights of Columbus Archives

Florida Church official says normal life at standstill after Irma
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- September 14, 2017
Peter Routsis-Arroyo, the CEO of Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Venice in Florida, says the entire area is more or less come crawling to a halt in the wake of the destruction unleashed by Hurricane Irma. Standing water in many communities of Southwest Florida will need to recede before Knights of Columbus emergency deliveries and disaster response programming can get underway, said Routsis-Arroyo, himself a Knight.
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Knights of Columbus ‘modernize’ Fourth Degree uniforms
- Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
- August 4, 2017
The uniform of the Fourth Degree has changed throughout the history of the Knights, but has remained relatively the same since 1940 – a plumed chapeau which can be worn with plumes of different recognized colors, a tuxedo, a cape, and a ceremonial sword. Now, however, the Knights will be leaving behind the classic uniform for a “modernized” version, a blue blazer with the Fourth Degree emblem and dark gray slacks, a blue Fourth Degree tie, and a beret.
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Chaldeans in U.S.: Why aren’t more Christians speaking out against deportations to Iraq?
- Church in the US, Religion News Service
- June 18, 2017
“On a practical level, this is mind-boggling,” said Nina Shea, an international human-rights lawyer who runs the Center for Religious Freedom at the Washington-based Hudson Institute. She can’t think of a safe destination for the Chaldeans in Iraq. “The director of Homeland Security — does he know that there has been a genocide declared there by the United States? Had anyone told him? Does ICE know this?”
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House praised for passing bill to help ISIS genocide victims

The United States House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan bill, the “Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act of 2017.” The proposed law would provide help and hope to suffering members of religious minorities in Iraq and Syria who have been “left out and left behind.”

Knights donate $2 million for Christians from Iraq, Syria

The Knights of Columbus, which helped lead the charge to persuade the U.S. State Department to officially recognize ISIS violence directed at religious minorities in Iraq and Syria as a “genocide,” is donating nearly $2 million to support Christian refugees from those two nations.

Head of Knight of Columbus honored for aiding persecuted Christians

Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, has been awarded the Benedict Leadership Award by the Belmont Abbey College, one of the leading Catholic colleges in the United States. Throughout his career Anderson worked hard to protect Christians facing genocide in the Middle East.