At the epicenter of a New York Christmas are the Christmas Eve services held at Cathedral of St. John Divine in Morningside Heights, Queens, and St. Patrick's Cathedral in Midtown Manhattan.

Robert Grant volunteers at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and met Francis during his visit to the church. “I had the honor of meeting him,” Grant said. “And I gave him some St. Patrick’s ...

He was buried in the original St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, but his remains were exhumed and moved to a crypt under the altar of the uptown St. Patrick’s Cathedral.