Frank Kotnik’s enthusiasm for toy trains began when he received his first Lionel train set as a child in the 1960s. In 2015, while visiting the Railroad Museum of Long Island with his son, Kotnik was impressed by the museum’s boxcar fundraiser featuring commemorative cars for various com...

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Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly and Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore were part of a delegation of Catholic leaders who traveled to Jerusalem, the Palestinian West Bank and Israel from Sept. 2-6, in an expression of solidarity with Catholics and all those suffering from the effects ...

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Growing up in Ukraine today means facing the daily threat of drone attacks, and more than 19,000 children in Russian-occupied areas have been forcibly deported since the war began — an act the United Nations has recognized as a war crime. The statistics paint a grim picture of lost innocence: ...

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Thousands of U.S. pilgrims, including college Knights, gather in Rome for the Jubilee of Youth as half a million people flocked to Rome for the Jubilee of Youth, held July 29 to Aug. 3, more than 4,000 young adults from the United States gathered at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on July...

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Michigan’s newest college council, named for Blessed Carlo Acutis, will witness his canonization of a dozen members of Michigan’s newest college council — St. Carlo Acutis Council 18672 in Detroit — will travel to Rome to witness the historic canonization of their council&rsq...

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An Ohio council hosts an annual softball game to build community among Knights and parishioners from two local parishes taking his lead off first base, Scott Deering turned on the jets when his teammate slugged an extra-base hit into the outfield. Nearing third base with sights set on home, Deeri...

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Faced with the choice between death and denouncing the Vatican, the United States, and the United Nations, Bishop Patrick J. Byrne was resolute as he answered the North Korean judge: “There remains only one course — that I die.” Captured in Seoul in the summer of 1950, having refus...

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During the blazing summer of 2024, four National Eucharistic Pilgrimage routes set out from opposite ends of the United States, traversing vast swaths of the country. Tens of thousands of Catholics knelt in prayer and adoration as Eucharistic processions passed through cities and towns, often led by...

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Source 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 Bless...

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Heavy rain beginning July 3 caused flooding of several major river systems in Texas, with the Guadalupe River in Kerr County causing the most devastation. At least 135 people died, including more than 35 children, and thousands of buildings were affected. One Knight tragically lost his two daughters...

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