Posts Tagged ‘Knights of Columbus’

Summit proposed to mobilize volunteers nationwide

The leader of the world’s largest Catholic lay organization is calling for a national summit next month to mobilize volunteers and coordinate a response to the worst economic crisis in decades.
The proposal by Carl Anderson, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, comes as the poor economy is hurting nonprofits while the organizations face growing [...]


A Message from Supreme Knight Carl Anderson Regarding the Nov. 4 Election

It is probably fair to say that no other single activity has defined the Knights of Columbus over the past half century as much as the pro-life movement.
Following the shock of the Supreme Court’s decision to preempt all state and federal laws regulating abortion in Roe v. Wade in 1973, we launched a long-term battle [...]


Knights of Columbus calls for Lectionairy Compendium

Addressing the assembly of Catholic bishops from around the world at the Synod on the Bible, Mr. Carl Anderson, the head of the Knights of Columbus, called for a compendium to the Mass readings to be created to help improve Sunday preaching.
On Tuesday, Anderson began by noting that, for a number of years the Knights [...]


Survey shows self-described ‘pro-choicers’ favor significant abortion restrictions

A nationwide poll commissioned by the Knights of Columbus found more consensus than division over abortion, with 71 percent of self-described pro-choice voters favoring restrictions on abortion and 84 percent of Americans overall saying likewise. Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson presented the results of the poll in a live Webcast from the National Press Club [...]