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class="col-category__featured-area__hero"> <a href="/knights/k-of-c-history/2026/05/a-question-of-faith/"> <div class="image-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Clandestine+Mass.jpg/Zz0zYWY4MDYyNDNmZWQxMWYxYWQyMmE2YTFlZDRjNjQyZQ==?width=900&height=506" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Clandestine+Mass.jpg/Zz0zYWY4MDYyNDNmZWQxMWYxYWQyMmE2YTFlZDRjNjQyZQ==?width=900&height=506" alt="A clandestine Mass is celebrated in a safe house in Mexico City, circa 1927." loading="eager" class="score-image img-fluid col-category__featured-image" decoding="auto" width="900" height="506" /></picture> </div> </a> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-category"> <a href="/knights/k-of-c-history/"> <h3>K of C History</h3> </a> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-title"> <a href="/knights/k-of-c-history/2026/05/a-question-of-faith/"> <h2>A Question of Faith</h2> </a> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-title-mobile"> <a href="/knights/k-of-c-history/2026/05/a-question-of-faith/"> <h2>A Question of Faith</h2> </a> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-byline"> <span>By Alton Pelowski</span> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-teaser"> <span></span> </div> <div class="col-category__featured-area__hero-teaser-mobile"> <span></span> </div> </section> <aside class="col-category__featured-area__realted"> <section class="article-card-block container featured-aside"> <section class="article-card-block__cards vertical-column"> <div class="article-card featured-left"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/knights/k-of-c-history/2025/06/let-religious-freedom-ring/"> <picture><source srcset="https://images1.cmp.optimizely.com/assets/Pierce_HolyNamesSisters_Classroom.jpg/Zz05MGZkMjE4ZTNjYTcxMWYwYjMwMTMyOGZiMTliOTk4OA==?width=137&height=137" /><img 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Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of Catholic schools and parental rights 100 years ago</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser-mobile"> <p>Thanks in part to the Order’s efforts, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of Catholic schools and parental rights 100 years ago</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-card featured-left"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/knights/k-of-c-history/2025/06/dear-friends/"> <picture><source srcset="https://images2.cmp.optimizely.com/assets/Francis_McGivney_2021.jpg/Zz1mYjQ0ZDZkODNjYTUxMWYwODM2MTJhY2RhYmUzZmUwMQ==?width=137&height=137" /><img src="https://images2.cmp.optimizely.com/assets/Francis_McGivney_2021.jpg/Zz1mYjQ0ZDZkODNjYTUxMWYwODM2MTJhY2RhYmUzZmUwMQ==?width=137&height=137" alt="Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly presents Pope Francis with a first-class relic of Blessed Michael McGivney on Oct. 25, 2021" loading="eager" decoding="auto" width="137" height="137" /></picture> </a> </div> <div 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<picture><source srcset="https://images2.cmp.optimizely.com/assets/FourthDegreeHistory_FirstExemplification_1900.jpg/Zz01NWM0NDlkMjE0MjMxMWYwODQ1MTQyOWNlYzhjODFiNQ==?width=137&height=137" /><img src="https://images2.cmp.optimizely.com/assets/FourthDegreeHistory_FirstExemplification_1900.jpg/Zz01NWM0NDlkMjE0MjMxMWYwODQ1MTQyOWNlYzhjODFiNQ==?width=137&height=137" alt="Massachusetts Knights and Supreme Knight Edward L. Hearn (front, center) after the first-ever Fourth Degree exemplification on Feb. 22, 1900" loading="eager" decoding="auto" width="137" height="137" /></picture> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details"> <div class="article-card__details__category"> <a href="/knights/k-of-c-history/"> <h3>K of C History</h3> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title"> <a href=/knights/k-of-c-history/2025/04/125-years-of-patriotic-service/> <h2>125 Years of Patriotic Service</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title-mobile"> <a href=/knights/k-of-c-history/2025/04/125-years-of-patriotic-service/> <h2>125 Years of Patriotic Service</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__by-line"> <p>By Columbia staff</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser"> <p>The history of the Fourth Degree is marked by significant contributions to the Church and society</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser-mobile"> <p>The history of the Fourth Degree is marked by significant contributions to the Church and society</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-card featured-left"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/knights/k-of-c-history/2024/11/this-land-was-made-for-you-and-me/"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/RacialContribution_Children.jpg/Zz04ZWIxODdjNDYzODIxMWYwYmExZjJhOGEyNjk4MTA1YQ==?width=137&height=137" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/RacialContribution_Children.jpg/Zz04ZWIxODdjNDYzODIxMWYwYmExZjJhOGEyNjk4MTA1YQ==?width=137&height=137" alt="A group of Jewish children orphaned as a result of World War I pose with U.S. flags after arriving to New York City in 1921" loading="eager" decoding="auto" width="137" height="137" /></picture> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details"> <div class="article-card__details__category"> <a href="/knights/k-of-c-history/"> <h3>K of C History</h3> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title"> <a href=/knights/k-of-c-history/2024/11/this-land-was-made-for-you-and-me/> <h2>This Land Was Made for You and Me</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title-mobile"> <a href=/knights/k-of-c-history/2024/11/this-land-was-made-for-you-and-me/> <h2>This Land Was Made for You and Me</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__by-line"> <p>By Maureen Walther</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser"> <p>One hundred years ago, the K of C Historical Commission honored marginalized racial, civic and religious contributions in American history</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser-mobile"> <p>One hundred years ago, the K of C Historical Commission honored marginalized racial, civic and religious contributions in American history</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> </section> </aside> </section> <section class="col-category__related-categories bg-colorExtraLightGrey" > <section class="article-card-block container"> <section class="article-card-block__title content-grid"> <h2 class="article-card-block__title__text grid-col-full text-left"> MOST RECENT </h2> </section> <section class="article-card-block__cards content-grid"> <div class="article-card"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/knights/k-of-c-history/2023/09/service-to-the-faith/"> <picture><source srcset="https://images2.cmp.optimizely.com/assets/service-to-the-faith1/e469e5788c9e11ef9080fa2f32ec1e91?width=318&height=212" /><img src="https://images2.cmp.optimizely.com/assets/service-to-the-faith1/e469e5788c9e11ef9080fa2f32ec1e91?width=318&height=212" alt="Michael Parma, Catholic Information Service coordinator for New Braunfels (Texas) Council 4183, gives a CIS booklet to a parishioner at Sts. Peter and Paul Church. Parma regularly stocks the CIS resources rack in the church vestibule." loading="lazy" decoding="auto" width="318" height="212" /></picture> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details"> <div class="article-card__details__category"> <a href="/knights/k-of-c-history/"> <h3>K of C History</h3> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title"> <a href=/knights/k-of-c-history/2023/09/service-to-the-faith/> <h2>In Service to the Faith</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title-mobile"> <a href=/knights/k-of-c-history/2023/09/service-to-the-faith/> <h2>In Service to the Faith</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__by-line"> <p>By Andrew J. 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class="article-card__details__teaser"> <p>Ukrainian Knights serving the needs of their country amid war see God’s hand in the Order’s presence and growth</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser-mobile"> <p>Ukrainian Knights serving the needs of their country amid war see God’s hand in the Order’s presence and growth</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-card"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/knights/k-of-c-history/2021/12/kofc-battle-against-soviet-ideology/"> <picture><source srcset="https://images1.cmp.optimizely.com/assets/kofc-battle-against-soviet-ideology/Zz04OGFhYTAwODg2NDgxMWVmYTIwNjgyZWFhODRlMDA1OA==?width=318&height=212" /><img src="https://images1.cmp.optimizely.com/assets/kofc-battle-against-soviet-ideology/Zz04OGFhYTAwODg2NDgxMWVmYTIwNjgyZWFhODRlMDA1OA==?width=318&height=212" alt="Cardinal József Mindszenty , the primate of Hungary" loading="lazy" decoding="auto" width="318" height="212" /></picture> </a> </div> <div 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