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class="col-category__featured-area__hero-teaser-mobile"> <span>Knights from Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine enjoy fraternity and share the Order’s mission at the World Apostolic Congress on Mercy in Vilnius</span> </div> </section> <aside class="col-category__featured-area__realted"> <section class="article-card-block container featured-aside"> <section class="article-card-block__cards vertical-column"> <div class="article-card featured-left"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/faith/life-of-the-church/2026/10/a-blessed-voice-for-the-gospel/"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Fourth+Degree+Honor+Guard+Sheen+Relics/Zz00MmRlYjM2ZWJlNjAxMWYxYjU1ODJhNmNkZTY2MTEyMQ==?width=137&height=137" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Fourth+Degree+Honor+Guard+Sheen+Relics/Zz00MmRlYjM2ZWJlNjAxMWYxYjU1ODJhNmNkZTY2MTEyMQ==?width=137&height=137" alt="Fourth Degree Knights provide an honor guard during the veneration of the relics of Blessed Fulton Sheen 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href="/faith/life-of-the-church/2026/09/the-work-of-growing-in-holiness/"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Ribbon+Cutting+at+John+Paul+II+Retreat+House/Zz01MjdhNjNjZWE2M2ExMWYxODQ0MzAyMDc2ZjA5MjcxMA==?width=137&height=137" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Ribbon+Cutting+at+John+Paul+II+Retreat+House/Zz01MjdhNjNjZWE2M2ExMWYxODQ0MzAyMDc2ZjA5MjcxMA==?width=137&height=137" alt="Dignitaries cut the ribbon during the grand opening of the Saint John Paul II Retreat House in Washington, D.C." loading="eager" decoding="auto" width="137" height="137" /></picture> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details"> <div class="article-card__details__category"> <a href="/faith/life-of-the-church/"> <h3>Life of the Church</h3> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title"> <a href=/faith/life-of-the-church/2026/09/the-work-of-growing-in-holiness/> <h2>‘The Work of Growing in Holiness’</h2> </a> </div> <div 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src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Knights+Praying+at+Cotignac.JPG/Zz0yYmMwNTFlZTliM2IxMWYxOWNjYTVlNjAyYTM2MTBmNQ==?width=137&height=137" alt="Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly prays with brother Knights before the statue of St. Joseph at the Monastery of St. Joseph on Mont Bessillon." loading="eager" decoding="auto" width="137" height="137" /></picture> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details"> <div class="article-card__details__category"> <a href="/faith/life-of-the-church/"> <h3>Life of the Church</h3> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title"> <a href=/faith/life-of-the-church/2026/08/called-to-be-pilgrims/> <h2>‘Called to be Pilgrims’</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__title-mobile"> <a href=/faith/life-of-the-church/2026/08/called-to-be-pilgrims/> <h2>‘Called to be Pilgrims’</h2> </a> </div> <div class="article-card__details__by-line"> <p>By Cecilia Engbert</p> </div> <div class="article-card__details__teaser"> <p>Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly 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