Camillo Barone

Camillo Barone

Camillo Barone is a New York-based staff reporter for NCR, where he covers human interest stories, profiles and social justice. He previously worked at The Forward, the leading independent Jewish news outlet in the United States. An Italian native, he graduated from Columbia Journalism School in 2023 and worked at NewsGuard, Il Tempo, Class CNBC, Vatican News and Vatican Radio. You can reach him at [email protected]. 

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A 2,000-person crowd gathers for Mass outside the Broadview ICE Detention Center near Chicago on Nov. 1. (Courtesy of Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership/Bryan Sebastian)

ICE again prevents Chicago Catholics from bringing Eucharist to immigrant detainees

More than 2,000 faithful gathered to pray outside the Broadview ICE Detention Center Nov. 1, but the group's main request — to bring Communion to detainees — was rejected by federal immigration officials.

The Mines Advisory Group representatives receive the 2025 Hilton Humanitarian Prize in New York, Oct. 6. (NCR photo/Camillo Barone)

2025 Hilton Humanitarian Prize awarded to Mines Advisory Group

The UK-based anti-landmines group was honored with the 2025 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the world's largest annual humanitarian award for nonprofits.

First responders block the crime scene following a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis Aug. 27.

Minneapolis shooter, firing through Catholic church windows, kills 2 children

 Shooting at the opening Mass for Annunciation Catholic School in south Minneapolis, also wounds 17. The assailant died by suicide behind the church, police said. 

An undated file photo shows Pope John Paul II greeting then-Augustinian Fr. Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV. He became the first U.S. pope in history to be elected pope May 8, 2025, at the Vatican. (OSV News/Augustinian Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel handout via Reuters)

Top Augustinians and friends of Leo XIV reflect on relationship with former boss

Augustinians around the world are remembering fellow Augustinian Fr. Robert Prevost, who was elected as pontiff on May 8 by 133 cardinals after four votes.

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Black smoke signals no pope elected in conclave's 1st voting round

No man received 89 votes, or two-thirds of the 133 cardinal electors.

Retired nuns and Jewish residents attend a morning Mass at Kittay New Jewish Home in the Bronx, New York, Dec. 13, 2024. (NCR photo/Camillo Barone)

Retired nuns find new purpose in Bronx community

After decades of ministry, a group of retired nuns has found a new calling at the The New Jewish Home, Kittay Senior Apartments in the Bronx. United by faith and a shared mission to serve, they now live alongside residents of diverse religions, finding purpose in small acts of kindness, community and interfaith dialogue.

Volunteers from Aguilas del Desierto, a search and rescue organization, search the desert for people crossing the southern border into the United States or who have died in the attempt. (Courtesy of Aguilas del Desierto)

Sisters, Catholic groups support immigrants vulnerable to potential mass deportations

Fearing President-elect Donald Trump's promise of mass deportations, sisters and Catholic groups organize support for undocumented immigrants living in uncertainty.

(GSR graphic/Olivia Bardo; OSV News photo/Reuters/Brian Snyder)

Following Trump's victory, sisters express worry about future of 'common good'

In the immediate aftermath of former President Donald Trump winning a second term, sisters consider the global and local implications for immigrants, the environment, and the common good.

Venezuelan immigrants Carlos and Lisbeth Villamizar (far right), are pictured with their daughters Isis and Wuilmari, granddaughter Luciana, and Sr. Martha Lopez (top) at the resource fair sponsored by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, at St. Teresa's Church in Manhattan's Lower East Side, in July 2024. (NCR photo/Camillo Barone)

New York's Catholic Charities is first stop for many immigrants for resources, support

As thousands of immigrants flood into New York City, Catholic Charities is at the forefront of a humanitarian response. The organization provides essential services, legal aid and emotional support.