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Columbia Magazine highlights the Knights of Columbus's successful 1954, campaign to add "under God" to the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance. The initiative, supported by Congress and President Eisenhower, aimed to contrast American values with Soviet atheism during the Cold War. Then-Supreme Knight Luke E. Hart presents President John F. Kennedy, a fellow Knight of Columbus, with a framed copy of the Pledge of Allegiance during a meeting at the White House on Oct. 11, 1961. (Knights of Columbus Multimedia Archives) Article published in JulyAugust 2026, The Columbia Magazine by the staff: In 1951, the Knights of Columbus began a campaign to add the words “under God” to the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance. Grounded in historical precedent and a growing grassroots movement, the effort reached Congress and culminated when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill amending the Pledge on Flag Day, June 14, 1954. “It is a strange fact that the Pledge of Allegiance, which had its origin ...

Who Were the Carrolls of Maryland?: Young Men Who Influenced the American Revolution By Christopher Gunty   BALTIMORE (OSV News- Our Sunday Visitor) – Unable to receive a Catholic education in the British colonies in North America, three young men from wealthy Maryland families were sent to Saint-Omer, France, to study at the College of the English Jesuits. Descendants of the Carrolls of Maryland join for a photo after a Franco-American Friendship Mass Oct. 15, 2017, at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Saint-Omer, France. From left are: Denis de Kergorlay, president of the French Heritage Society and a remote descendant of the Carroll family; Harper Wright, a descendant of Charles Carroll of Carrolton; Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, 15th successor of Archbishop John Carroll; Charles Carroll Carter Sr. (now deceased) and Charles Carroll Carter Jr., descendants of Daniel Carroll of Rock Creek; and Bishop Jean-Paul Jaeger of Arras, Boulogne and Saint-Omer. (Photo: OSV News/Ann M....

Pope Leo XIV assures Americans of prayers on 250th anniversary of United States "I extend my heartfelt congratulations to all Americans on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence." Image of Pope Leo addressing those gathered at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia as awarded the 38th Liberty Medal on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States Pope Leo expresses his prayers for all Americans in a letter he sent to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America, which falls today, July 4th, 2026, with the hope that "the Spirit of 1776, continue to inspire hope and unity as the United States of America moves into the future." By Deborah Castellano Lubov in Vatican News "May the Spirit of 1776, continue to inspire hope and unity as the United States of America moves into the future." Pope Leo XIV expressed this in a letter he sent to mark ...