Birmingham, Ala., Aug 22, 2025 / 07:00 am

Most people think of St. Maximilian Kolbe as the heroic martyr who traded places with another prisoner in Auschwitz, resulting in a painful death by starvation, but there is much more of the story to tell. What would give someone the courage to do such a thing, and why was this sacrifice not the reason he was canonized?

These are but a couple of the questions answered in “The Knight,” which airs at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday, Aug. 23, on EWTN .

This special program highlights three historical events that had a decisive impact on Kolbe’s life and his responses, which speak to us even today.

The first event was the 200th anniversary of Freemasonry. During the so-called celebration, “[t]he Vatican was besieged by thousands of people carrying banners

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