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Pope Francis in 2015 mass procession at Madison Square Garden

AMNY

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

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Religion

Eid celebration in Springfield Gardens unites Queens leaders and Dawoodi Bohra community

By Athena Dawson

A local nonprofit held a Passover Seder event for Queens Holocaust survivors on Wednesday, April 9.

Religion

Queens Holocaust survivors gather for early Passover Seder in Forest Hills

By Athena Dawson

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Maspeth

Maspeth’s Transfiguration Church faces potential closure due to financial strain, town meeting set for March 20

By Colum Motherway

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Maspeth

Transfiguration Church in Maspeth faces possible closure amid financial struggles and low attendance

By Colum Motherway

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Religion

Photos: Bishop Robert Brennan leads Lunar New Year Mass at St. Michael’s Church in Flushing

By Ethan Marshall

Bishop Robert Brennan

Religion

Photos: Bishop Robert Brennan visits St. Andrew Avellino in Flushing

By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

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Religion

Bishop Brennan leads All Souls Day Mass at Flushing’s Mount St. Mary Cemetery

By QNS News Team

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Flushing

CUNY Chancellor joins Queens College students in Sukkot celebration

By Ethan Marshall

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People

Queens leaders gather to commemorate first anniversary of Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in Israel

By Ethan Marshall and Paul Frangipane

St. Matthias

Glendale

Ridgewood’s St. Matthias Catholic Academy set to close despite efforts from parents and faculty to save historic institution

By Anthony Medina

St. Matthias Catholic Academy

Glendale

St. Matthias Catholic Academy launches GoFundMe to save historic Ridgewood institution

By Anthony Medina

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Bayside

Bayside’s extensive history of diverse religious institutions

By Athena Dawson

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Catholics throughout Queens invited to participate in Reconciliation Monday

By Athena Dawson

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Flushing

Flushing Town Hall to host second annual Holi Dance Concert Apr. 6

By Athena Dawson

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Ridgewood

Ridgewood Church besieged by trash due to landlord neglect: Violations could cost thousands

By Anthony Medina

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Glendale

Maspeth Synagogue turned migrant shelter receives backlash from community members

By Anthony Medina

Met Council Food Ramadan

Brooklyn Paper

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

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Cambria Heights

Nearly 4,000 Jewish women gather at Cambria Heights to visit resting place of Jewish leaders

By Ethan Marshall

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South Richmond Hill

New Gandhi statue unveiled outside South Richmond Hill temple, replaces statue destroyed in hate crime

By Czarinna Andres

Palestinian

Politics

Food or politics? Palestinian and Israeli restaurants in Queens choose both

By Iryna Shkurhan

Chanukah

Lighting the way at the 9th Annual ‘Chanukah on The Park’

By Michael Perlman

Chanukah

Over 3,000 people gather for Chanukah celebration in Queens

By Ethan Marshall

Chanukah

Opinion

Op-Ed: JCRC-NY wishes you a happy Chanukah

By the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

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