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Anti-Catholicism On The 'Mean Streets' Of New York

Kerry Weber | Posted 05.22.2012

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Kerry Weber

Long before Chinatown, Little Italy, and SoHo became some of New York City's most popular neighborhoods, at the heart of them all sat St. Patrick's Old Cathedral.

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St. Patrick's Cathedral In New York City Set For Major Renovation

AP | Posted 03.16.2012

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NEW YORK -- St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City is embarking on a multimillion-dollar renovation. The $175 million facelift of the Fifth Avenue ...

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100 Photos From Over 100 Years Of St. Patrick's Day Parades

Posted 03.15.2012

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This Saturday, New York City will hold its 251st annual St. Patrick's Day parade. It all starts at 11AM at 44th Street, where this year's Grand Marsha...

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Bill Clinton or Eliot Spitzer: An Eleventh Anniversary Rumination

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reese Schonfeld

Who do you think is more likely to attract an audience -- the charming, charismatic Clinton, or the mean and menacing Spitzer?

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Christmas in July - A Dream

Jack Schimmelman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jack Schimmelman

Gliding along on an island anchored by stone slabs, I come upon a church bathed in an array of klieg lights. My feet touch the street that has been i...

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Nathaniel Fons, Boy Abandoned At St. Patrick's Cathedral, To Get Visit From Grandparents

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The grandparents of a Florida toddler who was abandoned and found wandering alone at St. Patrick's Cathedral reunited with the 3-year...

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3 Year-Old Nathaniel Fons Left At St. Patrick's Cathedral After He Went Missing In Florida

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Authorities say a family caravanning with a woman and her toddler in Florida took the 3-year-old to New York after the boy's mother w...

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St. Patty's Day in LA? I Don't Think So

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

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<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

I miss the politicians in the street. I miss the guys on the train at 8 in the morning with a beer bottle on their bellies and a "Kiss Me, I'm Irish" tee shirt stretched to bursting.

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Meeting the Maysles: Grey Gardens Comes to Harlem

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Henry Adams

Bred to be lovely and pleasant, to take for granted an ample supply of cash, the women of Grey Gardens were essentially abandoned to languish in a mansion infested with raccoons and cats.

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Being Still in St. Patrick's Cathedral

Carol Hoenig | Posted 11.17.2011

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Carol Hoenig

Why does religion rely so desperately on the fear factor? Why does it have to use threats of eternal damnation instead of showing real joy?

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Labor Group Condemns Sweatshop Crucifixes

AP | Verena Dobnik | Posted 05.25.2011

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With Christmas just weeks away, a labor group on Tuesday denounced "horrific" sweatshop conditions where crucifixes are made in China to be sold at re...

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