During the last week, Vice President Kamala Harris displayed antipathy toward devout Catholics on several occasions. Sadly, her bigoted attitude regarding Catholics is nothing new.

In 2018, as a U.S. Senator representing California, Harris questioned Brian Buescher, a nominee for U.S. District Court in Nebraska. According to Harris, Buescher was not qualified to serve on the court because he was a member of the Knights of Columbus. Harris blasted the group for holding “extremist positions,” such as opposing “a woman’s right to choose.”

Of course, there is nothing “extremist” about supporting the “right-to-life” for unborn babies. In fact, millions of Americans of all religious faiths share this position. Instead of being an “extremist” organization, the Knights of Columbus were founded in 1882 on the principles of “charity, unity and fraternity” to “bring financial aid and assistance to the sick, disabled and needy” parishioners.

Today, the Knights of Columbus can boast of 1.9 million members throughout the world, who have contributed $1.55 billion and 691 million volunteer hours “to charitable projects over the past decade.”

Why would Vice President Harris hold such negative views about a charitable Catholic organization doing such valuable work? This leads to another question, why did she refuse to attend a major Catholic fundraising event last Thursday night, the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York City?

Since 1960, both Republican and Democratic presidential candidates have attended the event. The only exception occurred in 1984, when Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale did not........

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