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QNS

Faith meets fashion in the life and work of Queens designer Tobi Rubinstein

St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church Photo Courtesy New York Landmarks Conservancy

Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn Heights’ St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church awarded $45,000 Sacred Sites grant for restoration

By Gabriele Holtermann

Downtown

‘A truly historic moment’: Bishop Brennan reflects on American Pope at Brooklyn mass

By Adam Daly

NY: Stations of the Cross

News

Remembering Pope Francis: Bishop Brennan and Brooklyn Catholics honor late Pontiff

By Gabriele Holtermann

Pope Francis in 2015 mass procession at Madison Square Garden

AMNY

Pope Francis: Looking back at the pontiff’s historic 2015 visit to NYC

NY: Stations of the Cross

Kensington

Kensington Catholics walk the Way of the Cross on Good Friday

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Facing ‘unsustainable’ low enrollment and financial struggles, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy will close in June

Kirstyn Brendlen & Adam Daly

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Bedford-Stuyvesant

Four sexual abuse lawsuits filed against Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn

By Lauren Rapp

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Politics

Brooklyn priest delivers benediction at inauguration thanks to ‘unlikely friendship’ with Trump

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Religion

Brooklyn Diocese kicks off a year of celebration for the 2025 Jubilee Year

By Lauren Rapp

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Religion

‘The best Hanukkah they ever had’: Brooklynites celebrate light, miracles at lighting of borough’s largest menorah

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Downtown

St. Francis College dedicates chapel to former chancellor Frank J. Macchiarola

By Lauren Rapp

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East Flatbush church, St. Catherine of Genoa, celebrates reopening after August fire

By Lauren Rapp

(L to R) Flatbush -Tompkins Congregational Church, Ditmas Park; St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, Sunset Park; Holy Family-St. Thomas Aquinas, Park Slope

Three Brooklyn churches blessed with preservation grants totaling $90k

By Adam Daly

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Bay Ridge

Generations of former students bid farewell to Visitation Academy

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Arthur de Gaeta

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Greenpoint

New bill seeks to preserve community spaces after closure, sale of Park Church Co-Op

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Man smashes windows, statues during attack on Bensonhurst church

By Adam Daly

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Kids & Education

Local woman raises money to save alma mater from closure as Brooklyn’s Catholic schools struggle with enrollment

By Jada Camille

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Brooklyn Diocese to close two Catholic elementary schools due to falling enrollment and poor financials

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Religion

Brooklyn Diocese reaches sexual abuse settlement with Attorney General Letitia James

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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