Local Nigerian Catholics Honor Holy Family’s Flight to Egypt
February 25, 2020By Jessica Easthope and Melissa Enaje EAST NEW YORK — The Nigerian Igbo community celebrated its annual remembrance of the Holy Family’s flight […]
Topic: Black Catholics
National Freedom Day: Beyond the Thirteenth Amendment
January 28, 2020Currents News Staff February 1 marks National Freedom Day, honoring the signing of the resolution that later became the Thirteenth Amendment to […]
Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.: Prayer Service Celebrates Civil Rights Leader
January 20, 2020By Tim Harfmann and Jazmin Rosa BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — Martin Luther King Jr. Day was marked locally with an interfaith prayer service at […]
Martin Luther King Jr.: Remembering His Message as Disciples of Christ
January 15, 2020Currents News Staff Martin Luther King Day is celebrated on Monday, Jan. 20, but Jan. 15 would have been the civil rights […]
Brooklyn Priest on Road to Sainthood Was a ‘Champion of Rights’
October 27, 2019By Tim Harfmann Monsignor Bernard Quinn was a champion for Black Catholics and faced down the KKK during the early twentieth century. […]
American Slave Known as ‘Angel of Charity’ Considered for Sainthood
August 5, 2019Currents News Staff The exhumed body of Julia Greely, a former slave and enthusiastic promoter of the Sacred Heart, has been moved […]
Currents News for Tuesday, July 31, 2018
July 31, 2018Today’s top news from the Catholic perspective anchored by Liz Faublas. Currents news airs Monday through Friday at 7:00 p.m. EST on […]
