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(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

visitation academy

Bay Ridge

Generations of former students bid farewell to Visitation Academy

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Arthur de Gaeta

park church co-op in greenpoint

Greenpoint

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

By Kirstyn Brendlen

statues vandalized at Bensonhurst church

Man smashes windows, statues during attack on Bensonhurst church

By Adam Daly

catholic school

Kids & Education

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

By Jada Camille

bishop of brooklyn diocese at catholic school

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

By Kirstyn Brendlen

brooklyn diocese church

Religion

Brooklyn Diocese reaches sexual abuse settlement with Attorney General Letitia James

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Met Council Food Ramadan

Religion

Met Council on Jewish Poverty to distribute $1M worth of halal food during Ramadan

By Adam Daly

KML4

Kensington

Muslim and Jewish artists of Kensington make music together amid Middle East conflict

By Khushali Haji

st. columba church in marine park

Vandals damage stained glass window, crucifix at Marine Park church: NYPD

By Kirstyn Brendlen

chabad-lubavitch headquarters

Tunnel below Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters destabilized 3 buildings, leading to vacate orders and emergency repairs: DOB

By Kirstyn Brendlen

This is a cartoon version of pigeons on a wire.

Several arrested at Chabad Lubavitch HQ as crews try to fill secret tunnel beside synagogue

By Kirstyn Brendlen

kidnapped fliers

‘Kidnapped’ fliers vandalized in Brooklyn as local tensions over Israel-Hamas war intensify

By Robert Pozarycki, with Brooklyn Paper staff

Friday open street at kensington mosque

Kensington

Kensington mosque embraces open streets for Friday prayers

By Augostina Mallous

sunset park sukkot dinner

‘A shelter of peace’: Sunset Park welcomes migrants with Sukkot dinner

Paul Frangipane & Adam Daly

Brooklynites line up for an aid giveaway outside of the downtown church.

Religion

With the cost of diapers and formula on the rise, Downtown Brooklyn church launches aid program for young families

By Jada Camille

paul jervis and church

Religion

Monsignor Paul Jervis, ‘pioneer’ for Brooklyn’s Black Catholic community, dies at 69

By Melissa Fishman

park church co-op

Greenpoint

Greenpoint neighbors testify to save Park Church Co-Op

By Isabel Song Beer

Bishop Bishop Robert Brennan welcomed students

Kids & Education

‘A very inspiring moment’: Bishop Brennan welcomes Bensonhurst students on first day of school

By Jada Camille

black and white photo of the pope from the tablet in chasing church news

Books

Former Tablet editor recalls 50 years of ‘Chasing Church News’ in new book

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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