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Supreme Knight Carl Anderson highlights Knights’ efforts worldwide
Last year, the Knights gave $185 million in charitable donations and dedicated 76 million volunteer hours. The Knights' insurance arm also provided $1 billion in benefits to members and their families.
‘Crosses for losses’ aim to bring comfort at scenes of mass shootings
Greg Zanis has delivered free of charge more than 26,000 wooden memorials at the site of mass murders and other tragedies across the U.S.
Dayton Catholics see need to spur action from mass shooting
What is going to be the final tipping point that's going to say to us, as people, this really is enough and we are going to do something, and we're going to insist that our Congress does something,
Teen who died saving classmates in Colorado school shooting made a Knight
Kendrick Castillo, the 18-year-old hero who charged a shooter at STEM School Highlands Ranch in Colorado, posthumously named a Knight of Columbus Aug. 6 at the organization’s Supreme Convention in Minneapolis.
Women religious build bonds as they work together to assist immigrants
In former Sunday school classrooms filled with blue and green cots, some 270 immigrants from Central America, Haiti and the Congo will take shelter in the facility, a stopover on their way to what they hope is a new life in other parts of the country.
Circle of Protection members, others see much to like in budget deal
This is a fulfillment of the prayer and promise that the Circle of Protection had prayed for Congress to end sequestration and for Congress to come together for low-income people so that their needs are met
Knights give over $185 million to charity, 76 million service hours in 2018
The New Haven-based Catholic fraternal organization announced its charitable activity over the last year in a July 31 news release, issued ahead of its annual Supreme Convention in Minneapolis Aug. 6-8.
El Paso bishop meets with victims, family members of Texas mass shooting
UPDATED - Bishop Mark J. Seitz met with the families of those who were killed and wounded during the Aug. 3 shooting at a Walmart in the city where he serves, and in a statement following the meeting said his heart "was breaking," after seeing up-close the human aftermath of the crime.
Beyond prayers, U.S. bishops call for action after deadly shootings
In response to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 3 and 4, U.S. bishops prayed for victims while also expressing outrage over the continuing tragedies and their root causes.
Pope Francis joins prayers for victims of bloody weekend in U.S.
UPDATED - Pope Francis joined Catholic Church leaders expressing sorrow after back-to-back mass shootings in the United States left at least 29 dead and dozens injured in Texas and Ohio Aug. 3 and 4.