"We also wanted to make sure that the rank-and-file Knights, the guys setting up folding chairs in the social hall for donuts after Mass and selling Tootsie Rolls on church steps on frigid Sunday mornings, know where the money they contribute is spent."

Yes, we do know. We are not the misled pawns of a global cabal. We can read & we pay attention. The Knights publish & distribute ample information about how our funds are spent.

We encourage vocations to priesthood & religious life, fund seminarians, repair our church buildings, maintain church grounds, build fellowship by providing regular meals to the parish, serve in liturgical ministries, raise funds for charities in our communities, help our pastors meet emergency financial needs of the parish & those who come asking for help, protect our families with the best life insurance available, assist the disabled, promote a culture of life, & so much more.

But by all means, treat us like dunces who are clueless about our own org.