New York City experienced the largest increase in homelessness of any city in the country between 2022 and 2023, according to an April report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Over 120,000 people reside in the city’s shelter system, and more than 4,000 live unsheltered in public spaces.
To help people who approach St. Patrick’s Cathedral for assistance, Colin Nykaza, Director of Evangelization and Service Outreach at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, contacted City Relief, a Christian nonprofit organization that creates pop-up outreach events in New York City and New Jersey to help the homeless. Together with Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church they hosted their first onsite homeless outreach.
Inner-City Scholarship Fund treats more than 250 archdiocesan students to a performance by a gospel choir of former NFL players.
By:
Steven Schwankert
| 04/15/2026
Bishop James Massa, rector of St. Joseph's Seminary and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine, issued the following statement.
By:
Steven Schwankert
| 04/15/2026
The Knights of Columbus has always stood in solidarity with the Holy Father, recognizing in him a spiritual father who calls the world not to division, but to unity, not to conflict, but to peace. In this moment, we reaffirm that commitment with clarity and conviction.