Knightline
WEEKLY NEWS FOR KNIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD
VOLUME 43 • NUMBER 40 • October 9, 2025
Pope Leo XIV received the Knights of Columbus Board of Directors in private audience at the Vatican on Oct. 6, commending the Order’s “efforts to uphold the sanctity of human life in all of its stages, to assist victims of war and natural disasters, and also to support priestly vocations.” Learn about some of the Order’s most recent pro-life efforts in this week’s Knightline, including Knights’ participation in marches for life in Pennsylvania, Ohio and the Philippines — as well as a new initiative that brings emotional healing to traumatized children in Ukraine.
Visible Signs of Devotion
Pope Leo XIV received Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly, Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William Lori and the Knights of Columbus Board of Directors in private audience during their pilgrimage to Rome this week for the Jubilee Year of Hope. Pope Leo expressed his gratitude for the Order’s longtime support of the papacy and Vatican initiatives, which he said enables him “to express solidarity with the poor and most vulnerable throughout the world.”
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Life on Center Stage
This year, thousands of pro-life advocates — including Knights of Columbus and their families — participated in local pro-life demonstrations organized by the March for Life Education and Defense Fund at 17 state capitals throughout the United States. Among those were marches in Pennsylvania and Ohio — two of the country’s most prominent abortion battleground states — where Knights offered support by serving as marshals and distributing pro-life signs.
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‘No One Can Steal Childhood’
Knights in Ukraine partnered with Malteser International, the relief agency of the Sovereign Order of Malta, to launch the Kinder Mobile, a vehicle that travels to war-torn areas of Ukraine bringing psychological and emotional relief to local children. “We needed to create an environment where the children can forget that there is a war going on — even just briefly — and satisfy their basic needs,” said Grand Knight Roman Ivashchuk of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj Council 18687, who volunteered with the initiative this past summer.
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‘Restoring Our Faith in Life’
More than 3,500 pro-life advocates, including many Knights and their families, participated in the annual Walk for Life in Malabon City, Philippines, earlier this year. “It is important to march for life because it is a way of showing our community, and of course our city and the diocese, that we are pro-life,” said Federico Sandoval, a member of Malabon (Luzon South) Council 3951. “We are for the unborn, we are for the safety of people, we are for the wisdom in restoring our faith in life.”
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A Financial Impact
Knights of Columbus insurance agents in Puerto Rico are making a positive impact in their community, providing financial security to Catholic families and encouraging other men to join in the mission of the Order. “The Order has been instrumental in supporting people both spiritually and economically. In times of great need, this brotherly companionship has been there,” said Deacon Mariano González, a field agent in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico.
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