On the eve of his installation, Bishop Ronald A. Hicks led a Vespers prayer service, conscious of the weight of representing more than 2.5 million Catholics.
Bishop Ronald A. Hicks, appearing for a Vespers prayer service on Thursday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, will be installed as archbishop of New York on Friday.
Zohran Mamdani’s ascension to mayor has given Muslim organizers and faith leaders the impetus to insert themselves into more formal political alliances and networks.
On Thursday, a group consisting mostly of Muslim organizers and faith leaders in the Bronx voted to join the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation, one of the nation’s oldest nonpartisan organizing networks.