As when Mother Angelica became a woman with some influence in the Church, so does a group of influential laypeople Show how radically the Church has changed in the last 50 years. I am not particularly happy that their influence= their money, but even that is a step forward!

Unlike the Knights of Malta and others, the Knights of Columbus are post-chivalry. Founded in Connecticut in the 19th century, they are more influenced by Freemasonry than military knights, and the social American Freemasons rather than the radical European brands. Their beginnings, as a group to care for widows and orphans, is in line with the ministry of Jesus imo.