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News from the Knights of Columbus

• Pope Benedict XVI has created 22 new cardinals

  Cardinals are the Holy Father’s closest advisors, and those under 80 have the responsibility of electing the pope’s successor.

• Celebrating Black History Month and the Pivotal Role of African Americans in the Making of America

  In 1924, Jim Crow laws were still enforced in many parts of the United States and the Ku Klux Klan was experiencing resurgence. Martin Luther King Jr. had not yet been born, and the Civil Rights Act would not be enacted for another 40 years. Nonetheless, it was the year in which the Knights of Columbus commissioned and published a landmark history of black Americans: The Gift of Black Folk: The Negroes in the Making of America, by civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois.

• Take Action for Religious Freedom

  The Knights of Columbus stands with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in opposition to the recent decision by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to force Catholic employers including hospitals, universities, and charities to provide health insurance that covers contraception and sterilization.

• A Renewal of Faith

  In our families and communities, we are called to be missionaries of the new evangelization

• Take Action for Religious Freedom

  The Knights of Columbus stands with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in opposition to the recent decision by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to force Catholic employers including hospitals, universities, and charities to provide health insurance that covers contraception and sterilization.