A trio of performers, (from left) Chris Calle (on trumpet), Amelia Meade an Julieana Alguera (on guitars) celebrated the new archbishop with music and song in the streets around St. Patrick’s Cathedral of Feb. 6.
A trio of performers, (from left) Chris Calle (on trumpet), Amelia Meade an Julieana Alguera (on guitars) celebrated the new archbishop with music and song in the streets around St. Patrick’s Cathedral of Feb. 6. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly)

Inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral were 2,000+ people who were lucky enough to score tickets to the installation of Archbishop Ronald Hicks. Outside were hundreds of the faithful who reflected the hopes as well as the problems the new spiritual leader must confront.

City Catholics Hail Archbishop Hicks—But Challenges Await New Leader
07 Feb 2026 | 02:55
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Pomp and circumstance of the Roman Catholic Church were on full display on Feb. 6 as Archbishop Ronald Hicks was installed as the new spiritual leader of the 2.5 million Catholics in the Archdiocese of New York in a ceremony at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

He’s replacing Cardinal Timothy Dolan who reached...

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Dorothy Parker (center) was the only woman who was a member of the Algonquin Roundtable with also included (clockwise from upper left Art Samuels, Charlie MacArthur, Harpo Marx, and Alexander Woollcott. She’s the focus of a new play by Douglas Carter Beane.
Dorothy Parker (center) was the only woman who was a member of the Algonquin Roundtable with also included (clockwise from upper left Art Samuels, Charlie MacArthur, Harpo Marx, and Alexander Woollcott. She’s the focus of a new play by Douglas Carter Beane. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

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