10 February 2020 | Address of His Holiness

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

Clementine Hall

[…] Since its foundation, the Knights of Columbus has demonstrated its
unswerving devotion to the Successor of Peter. The establishment of the Vicarius
Christi Fund is a testimony to this devotion, as well as to the desire of the
Knights to share in the Pope’s solicitude for all the Churches and in his universal
mission of charity. In our world, marked by divisions and inequalities, the
generous commitment of your Order to serve all in need offers, especially to
young people, an important inspiration to overcome a globalization of
indifference and build together a more just and inclusive society. […]