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.
Pope's video message to Steubenville Youth Conferences marks group's 50th anniversary.
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OSV News
| 06/20/2026
"Echoing our Holy Father Pope Leo XIV’s expression of hope, I call on all parties to engage in good faith and pray that ‘this agreement may help strengthen mutual trust, security and stability in the Middle East, promoting paths of dialogue and cooperation among peoples," the bishop said.
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The Good Newsroom
| 06/20/2026
Fr. Enrique Salvo speaks about the Gospel in the context of the Sea of Galilee.