The Knights of Columbus believes that every human life is sacred, from the moment of conception until natural death. Knights and their families are called to defend the dignity of each human being at every stage of life. The God-given right to life is inviolable, and the Knights’ commitment to it is unbreakable and unending.

Knights are called to witness to the moral evil and injustice of abortion, embryonic stem cell research, euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide.
At the same time we must assist pregnant women in need, tend to vulnerable handicapped persons and care for the elderly. We carry out this crucial mission in unity with the Holy Father, our Catholic bishops and priests, and other pro-life supporters.
  1. •Msgr. Stanley B. Witkowiak Council 697 and the Ladies of Columbus participate in the Daily Living Rosary for an end to abortion. Sign up to join your prayers to ours. Download prayer cards here and here.

  2. •Knight of Columbus Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was a devoted champion of the unborn. Take Sheen’s suggestion and spiritually adopt an unborn child in danger of abortion.

  3. •Learn more about the Knights untiring pro-life efforts since abortion was legalized in 1973.

  4. •Support the Knights’ nationwide efforts by donating to the Culture of Life Fund run by Knights of Columbus Charities Inc.

  5. •A company called
    Virtue Media, founded by Brother Knight Thomas Peterson of St. Peter Chanel Council 13217 in Roswell, Ga., produces and airs incredibly effective pro-life television ads on a wide variety of secular broadcast networks.
  6. •Pope John Paul II’s 1995 encyclical Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) details the Church’s teaching on life issues. The Knights of Columbus has the
    full text and a study guide.

  7. •Pope Benedict XVI and his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, have forcefully spoken on the right to life and the need to protect the most vulnerable human beings. Their statements reflect constant teaching since the days of the Apostles.

  8. •The Knights of Columbus has long supported the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, such as the funding of USCCB pro-life advertising.

  9. •The Knights of Columbus Catholic Information Service offers free downloadable booklets on life issues from the
    Veritas Series:

  10. •The Child: Begotten Not Manmade

  11. •Understanding Stem Cell Research

  12. •Catholic Sexual Ethics

  13. •Catholics & Capital Punishment

 

Did You Know?

  1. •More than 4,400 surgical abortions are performed in the United States every day.

  2. •Since the disastrous Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973, nearly 50 million babies have been killed by surgical abortion.

  3. •The Catholic Church opposes embryonic stem cell research because it results in the destruction of the embryo – a baby in its earliest stages of development. Pope Benedict XVI says history has always condemned this type of research “not only because it lacks the light of God but also because it lacks humanity.”

  4. •The Knights of Columbus sponsors the ‘Running of the Silver Rose’ program to show unity on life issues. A silver rose is carried throughout the United States and Mexico to bring the Culture of Life message along the way.

  5. •The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith weighs in on bioethical issues and life in a study called Dignitas Personae.