Editor’s Note: This article has been updated from the original version that appeared in the April 2023 issue of Columbia. The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI — the first papal resignation in nearly 600 years — was followed by a historic first. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, arc...

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Pope Francis greeted members of the Knights of Columbus Board of Directors and their families Feb. 10 in the Vatican, and commended the Order’s “generous commitment … to serve all in need.” The audience took place during the board’s pilgrimage to Rome Feb. 7-13 in comm...

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Amid much fanfare, Knights of Columbus and family members from across the United States and beyond assembled in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City on Feb. 22 to mark the 125th anniversary of the Fourth Degree. Many of them, including the board of directors and other K of C leaders, proud...

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Father Ihor Makar, a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, was traveling through the Kherson region in eastern Ukraine to celebrate Divine Liturgy for the feast of the Baptism of the Lord in early January when his car was struck by a drone attack. Shrapnel from the explosion not only pierced the vehicle,...

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally published in the April 2014 issue of Columbia. Over the course of his 26-year pontificate, Pope John Paul II addressed more than two-dozen messages of appreciation for and encouragement to the Knights of Columbus. In many ways, his speeches to...

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Box of food in hand, Hector Nuñez arrives at apartment doorsteps during his council’s monthly food delivery not knowing where the person answering the door is emotionally or what trials they might be going through. What is clear, however, is the encounter is always a moment of grace and mercy....

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A mysterious linen cloth, approximately 14 feet by 3.5 feet, bearing the front-and-back image of a scourged and crucified man, has been an object of veneration and debate for centuries. The first documented appearance of the Shroud of Turin, as it would come to be known, took place in a small villag...

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Standing in the St. Joseph Chapel of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, a new bronze statue graces the revered neo-Gothic masterpiece beloved as “America’s Parish Church.” The slightly larger-than-life sculpture, crafted by artist Chas Fagan, depicts Blessed Michael...

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