Complaint Review: Knights of Columbus - New Haven Connecticut

  Knights of Columbus needs to respect Catholic First Nation Rights. 501 (C) (8) Tax exempt not for profit entity. Knights of Columbus fight for traditional marriage and pro-life rights. What about Catholic First Nation rights ? Read the history books and pray that the Knights of Columbus will change their name to a positive one. Perhaps even the name Knights of Father Mc Givney would be more appropiate choice for the order ? Christopher Columbus was not the first explorer of North America. A) First Nations first explored North America. B) Greeks provided creditable evidence that the Earth was round 2,000 years before Columbus. C) Leif Erikson discovered North America 500 years before Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus mistakenly labeled our First Nations as Indians. Queen Isabelle had Christopher Columbus arrested and sent back to Spanin Chains for barbaric crimes against the arawaks. Christopher Columbus operated sex slavery. In his journal, he wrote in 1500, " A hundred Castellanoes are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls, those from the ages of 9 and 10 now in demand. " In the modern world, this action would be defined as sex trafficking. Christopher Columbus was a war mogul seeking power and gold. In his journal he wrote, " I could conquer the whole of them with fifty men and govern them as I pleased. " Columbus demanded Gold, food, and sex for his men. If the First Nations refused, he would order for their noses, ears, and hands to be cut off or kill them. The body parts of the First Nations were fed to Columbus's hunting dogs. There is credible evidence that Columbus and his men killed over 300,.000 Nations through war. Christopher Columbus enslaved the First Nations for Gold. Columbus wrote, " As soon as I arrived in the Indies, on the first Island which I found, I took some Natives by force in order that they might learn and might give me information of whatever there is in these parts." Catholic Bishop Bartolome De Las Cases wrote, " Such inhumanities and barbarisms were committed in my sight as no age can parallel. My eyes have seen these acts so foreign to human nature that now I tremble as I write." King Ferdinand finally pardoned Christopher Columbus, but stripped his governor title for life. Pre-Columbus days, population of the arawaks of Hispaniola were about 5-8 Million. By 1542, Catholic Bishop Bartolome De Las Cases confirmed a record of less than 200. By 1555, the Arawaks became extinct. As a result, Christopher Columbus was accused of genocide through war, slavery, and biological warfare of disease. Pope Leo XIII rejected the Knights of Columbus request to have Christopher Columbus recognized as a Saint. 1994- United Nations declared Aug 9th as the International Day of the World's Indigenous People. Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, and South Dakota DO NOT recognize Columbus Day. Hawaii celebrates Polynesian Discoverers and South Dakota celebrates Native American Day. NO Knights of Columbus symbols should be on the Holy cup of Christ or Eucharist supplies. The focus should be on Christ and not a Catholic Insurance company. No Swords should be allowed in the church. Matthew 26:52 Then Jesus said to him, " Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword." Lets join together in prayer that the Knights of Columbus Supreme office will consider reform. 1) To change the order's name. 2) No Knights of Columbus symbols on the Eucharist items or cup of Christ. 3) No Swords in the church.