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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS

Supreme Knight previews Pope Benedict's visit to U.S., unveils new poll, new website, new book:  "A Civilization of Love" 
Live Webcast Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 10:00 a.m. EDT
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in this news alert

Supreme Knight releases poll results

A Civilization of Love now in bookstores

Special website, TV show on Pope's visit to US

Dear Brother Knight:

This is an exciting week for the Knights of Columbus!  Supreme Knight Carl Anderson's new book, A Civilization of Love, is being published on Tuesday, March 25, and at a newsmaker event at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, he'll launch the new book, unveil a new poll commissioned by the Knights of Columbus on American attitudes toward the Pope and the Catholic Church, preview the Holy Father's visit to the U.S. for the press corps, formally unveil our special new website on the Pope's trip, and preview a special television program on the pope's visit.  Details are below - pass this newsletter on to your friends, and share the good news!

Supreme Knight unveils poll at National Press Club "Newsmaker" event at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 25 - watch it live on the web! 

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Supreme Knight Carl Anderson will release the results of a specially-commissioned poll on American attitudes toward Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic Church at a special "Newsmaker" event at the National Press Club in Washington, DC three weeks before the Holy Father's arrival in the United States.  The event will be the subject of a live webcast on three websites: www.kofc.org; www.papaltrip.com; and www.acivilizationoflove.com.  The event begins at 10:00 am on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, and will last approximately one hour.  It will be recorded and made available on the Knights of Columbus websites afterward, for those who are unable to view the event live.

The poll was conducted by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion from February 25 to March 5.  The poll results will be posted on www.kofc.org and www.papaltrip.com after the National Press Club event is over.

Supreme Knight's new book - A Civilization of Love -officially published on March 25 

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Supreme Knight Carl Anderson's new book, A Civilization of Love: What Every Catholic Can Do to Transform the World, will officially go on sale in bookstores on Tuesday, March 25.  Published by HarperOne, the book is what George Weigel (Pope John Paul II's biographer) calls "a bracing call to a new American revolution: a revolution of virtue . . . Give this book to friends who say there's nothing to be done to heal a wounded culture."

Veteran Vatican correspondent John Allen says the book is "a rare specimen indeed: a practical guide for idealists."  Princeton Professor Robert George says that the book is "brimming with insights into the transforming power of Christian faith." 

The United States Ambassador to the Vatican, Mary Ann Glendon, says, "Few elements of Catholic social teaching have been more forcefully stated, or more regularly ignored, that our calling to bring Christian teachings to bear on social, political, and economic issues.  Carl Anderson, the dynamic leader of the largest Catholic laymen's organization in the United States, seeks to bring that message home."

Learn more about the book at this special website:  www.acivilizationoflove.com.

Order your copy from an online bookseller:  www.acivilizationoflove.com/cl/buybook.html

Also available at leading bookstores everywhere.

Do you live in the Washington, DC area?  On Monday, March 24, Supreme Knight Anderson will attend a Mass, lunch and book signing at the Catholic Information Center, 1501 K Street, NW, beginning at 12:00 noon.  And on Tuesday, March 25, you're invited to join him for remarks, a reception and book signing at Georgetown University's Riggs Library in Healy Hall, beginning at 6:00 p.m.

He will also sign books at St. Mary's Church in New Haven, CT following Masses on Saturday and Sunday, March 29 and 30.

Special Website launched on Pope Benedict's visit to the United States; Knights of Columbus sponsors special television program, "A Journey of Hope," on April 13

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A special new website - www.papaltrip.org - offers complete information about Pope Benedict XVI's trip to the United States from April 15 to April 20, as well as extensive biographical information about the pope, and about the history of the relationship between the popes of the 19th and 20th centuries and the United States. 

In addition, the Knights of Columbus is sponsoring a special television program previewing the pope's visit, "A Journey of Hope," on Sunday, April 13, 2008.  It will be broadcast on CBS television stations in New York, Washington, Chicago and Los Angeles.  It will also be carried on the Fox Business Channel at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time, and on EWTN and various regional Catholic cable programs and channels.  A complete listing of broadcast times, channels and stations will be posted at www.papaltrip.org and www.kofc.org.  Panelists on the program include Supreme Knight Carl Anderson, Cardinal John Foley, Professor David Schindler, Professor Helen Alvare, and Fr. Peter John Cameron.

Quick Links...

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Knights of Columbus website

A Civilization of Love website

Pope Benedict XVI in America website