Supreme Knight Calls on Catholics to Say "No" to Pro-Abortion Politicians

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, Aug 05 (MARKET WIRE) --
Addressing the leadership and more than 1,000 members of the Knights of
Columbus and their families at the organization's 126th Annual Convention
being held in Quebec, Supreme Knight Carl Anderson highlighted the
organization's accomplishments over the past year, and laid out a vision
for a future in which values play a key role. The speech was also
broadcast live throughout Canada and the United States on Catholic
television network, and worldwide on EWTN radio and television.

Speaking after greetings to the Knights were heard from the Pope, via the
Cardinal Secretary of State, and the presidents of the United States,
Mexico, and the Philippines, Anderson highlighted the organization's
remarkable charitable giving last year, which totaled more than $144
million and more than 68 million hours donated to charity by the more
than 1.75 million Knights worldwide.

Anderson also called on Catholics to "shine a bright line of separation
between themselves and all those politicians who defend the abortion
regime of Roe v. Wade."

Anderson said: "Imagine if this year millions of Catholic voters simply
say 'no'- no to every candidate of every political party who supports
abortion." He added, "It's time we stop accommodating pro-abortion
politicians, and it's time we start demanding that they accommodate us.
What candidate or political party can withstand the loss of millions of
Catholic voters in this election or the next?"

He concluded: "Catholic voters have the power to transform our politics.
And if faithful citizens can build a new politics-a politics that is not
satisfied with the status quo but one that is dedicated to building up a
new culture of life. There are more than 150 million Catholics in North
America, and if we stand together and demand better from our politicians,
we can transform politics. And if we truly hope for a culture of life and
a civilization of love, then we must first think, and then act, in new
ways."

A complete transcript is available at www.kofc.org

Contacts:
Massy-Forget Public Relations
David Barrett
514-823-3726
dbarrett@mfrp.com

Knights of Columbus
Andrew Walther
203-824-5412
andrew.walther@kofc.org
www.kofc.org

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