Paula Katinas

A newly formed NYPD Prayer Warriors group gathers outside police precincts on Saturday mornings to pray and say “thank you” to cops.

An estimated 600 people visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Dec. 10, where Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens (CCBQ) set up a free “toy shop” filled with everything from dolls to trucks to books and puzzles that parents could pick out to give their children for Christmas. All for free.

At Our Lady of Hope Church, parishioners are working to solve the Catholic Church’s shortage of priests one prayer at a time. 

Students at Xavier High School gathered for a prayer service in Manhattan to remember victims of Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass."

Nov. 9, marked the 87th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass” that historians mark as the pogrom that started the Holocaust.

Abuse survivors in the Diocese of Brooklyn are finding strength and support through the annual Mass of Hope and Healing, which takes place Oct. 29 at St. Finbar Church in Bath Beach.

Two statues of Columbus — one in Columbus Circle and the other in Astoria — recently took center stage in the city’s mayoral race, with Mayor Eric Adams revealing a plan to push for landmark status for the statues to thwart Zohran Mamdani from tearing them down if he wins City Hall. 

Residents of the Kingsborough Houses don’t have to go to a museum to see art. The courtyard of the Brooklyn New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) complex is home to “Exodus and Dance,” an 80-foot-long frieze by sculptor Richmond Barthe.  

A new mural at St. Patrick's Cathedral depicting immigrants of past and present makes a statement on the Church’s stance on the immigration issue.

The Diocese of Brooklyn is denying reports that it plans to develop a high-rise apartment building on the site of Guardian Angel Church in Brighton Beach.