Cartoon Sketchbook: July 7
July 7, 2026
Editorial cartoons using satire and humor to explore politics, world events, sports, public figures and social issues.
Editorial cartoons using satire and humor to explore politics, world events, sports, public figures and social issues.
ONE OF THE BUILDINGS EVACUATED in precautions involving an unstable construction site houses the headquarters of The Episcopal Church.
Parishioners bid an emotional farewell as Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bay Ridge held its final service after decades of worship.
VETERAN NEW YORK RADIO PERSONALITY DARREN GREGGS, whose voice and influence helped shape gospel radio for decades, died on Tuesday.
The Fellowship Hall, which has also served as a rectory, “is structurally sound and does not need to be demolished.”
Before joining faith-based media, Katinas reported for the Brooklyn Eagle and sister publications for many years.
“America 250: The Faith Story” is an hour-long broadcast beginning at 7 p.m. It explores the vital role religion and Catholics have played.
A BROOKLYN WOMAN OVER WHOM POPE FRANCIS HAD PRAYED during his 2015 visit to New York City is crediting the late pontiff.
Brooklyn joined the rest of the world in mourning the death of Pope Francis, who died on Monday at the age of 88.
Bishop Robert Brennan of the Diocese of Brooklyn will be presiding at a noon Mass in memory of Pope Francis, who died early Monday morning.
POPE FRANCIS, BORN Jorge Mario Bergoglio, passed away at the age of 88 at 7:35 a.m. on Monday, April 21, the Vatican announced on Monday.
Xaverian alumnus Father Michael Bruno has been appointed associate vicar for clergy and consecrated life, Roman Catholic Bishop of
LEADERS OF RELIGIOUS NONPROFITS are closely watching a case unfolding in the Wisconsin State Supreme Court.
A GROUP OF BROOKLYN WOMEN have transformed the fellowship hall of Universal Baptist Church into a sanctuary of support and healing.
DISASTER CHAPLAIN CERTIFICATION and Religious Literacy Training will be offered in April and registration is now open for the program.
Brooklyn is home to roughly 300,000 Orthodox Jews, about 11% of the borough’s population. It’s a community that largely keeps to traditions
THE NYPD has released a surveillance photo of a man suspected of drawing a swastika on the wall of St. Matthew Glorious United Church of God.
MEMBERS OF BROOKLYN’S MEXICAN COMMUNITY gathered to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Thursday, Dec. 12.
Bay Ridge is gathering for one final tree lighting on the grounds of the Sisters of the Visitation Monastery, ahead of its closure.
DYKER HEIGHTS — A sold-out crowd of more than 200 congregated at the Dyker Beach Golf Course Friday night, dressed to the nines to celebrate 30 years of priesthood and
DYKER HTS. AND BOERUM HILL — The Very Rev. Fr. Thomas Zain was feted last week at a sold-out event at the Dyker Beach Golf Course for his 30 years
House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries stood together at the annual National Prayer Breakfast — an opportunity, in the words of one introductory speaker, to “put
Thanksgiving doesn’t ring in the ear for months on end, unlike another holiday that lies just ahead. Yet readers may remember a couple of hymns that roll around each November
The tea tasted bitter and earthy, but Lorenzo Gonzales drank it anyway. On that frigid night in remote Utah, he was hoping for a life-changing experience, which is how he
Disputes over religious freedom and LGBTQ rights in the United States have led to some of the most high-profile judicial controversies – and 2022 is no exception. For example, the
Yeshiva University, the storied modern Orthodox Jewish university in New York, is in the midst of a legal battle over its refusal to recognize the YU Pride Alliance, an undergraduate
One is an ordained pastor in Brooklyn, the other a single mother and children’s book author in New Jersey. Both drive for Lyft. Both share the word of God as
Nearly 1 in 5 people in the United States today are Latino, and “the Latino vote” has attracted significant news coverage as their political voice grows stronger. Yet considering all 62 million Latinos as a group isn’t
A movement known as “new animism,” which seeks to secure personhood rights for nonhuman beings through legal means, is gaining a following around the globe. New animist environmental activists are
Today, the Bible is often invoked during public debates about immigration. From former Attorney General Jeff Sessions to a group of 2,000 rabbis, people have referred to the Bible to
EDITORS’ NOTE: Spirituality and nontraditional religion are growing among young people. Secular rituals, like Sunday gatherings “without God,” for example, are a secular supplement for Christianity’s normal chapel and church
In his first official address as president of the United Methodist Church’s Council of Bishops, Bishop Thomas Bickerton of the New York annual conference called out conservative groups that are encouraging United
Author Salman Rushdie is in the hospital with serious injuries after being stabbed by a man at an arts festival in New York State on Aug. 12, 2022. The following
In the wake of an attack on writer Salman Rushdie, many recalled the fatwa, or edict, calling on all Muslims to take his life. But what is a fatwa?
During a weeklong trip to Canada, Pope Francis visited a former residential school for Indigenous children in Maskwacis, Alberta, on July 25, 2022. The Ermineskin Residential School operated between 1895
Student loan debt is one of the most burdensome forms of debt in America today. According to oft-cited statistics, approximately 43 million Americans have student loan debt, cumulatively amounting to