Legalized Marijuana in New York: What’s Next?
April 27, 2021Currents News Staff Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced his support for changes in federal marijuana laws after New York became the […]
Topic: Brooklyn, NY
Catholic News Headlines for Monday, April 26 2021
April 26, 2021As more people leave New York City, three zip codes in the Diocese of Brooklyn are seeing thousands move out. The Haitian […]
St. Matthew’s Church Impacted by NYC Exodus as Crown Heights Among Areas with Highest Move-Outs
April 26, 2021By Jessica Easthope As Mass lets out of St. Matthew’s Church in Crown Heights, Father Frank Black can’t help but notice how […]
Currents News Special: Going to Pot
April 26, 2021Currents News Staff New York’s Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says that he and his colleagues will be introducing legislation to decriminalize […]
Church Ave. in Brooklyn Co-Named After Venerable Pierre Toussaint, Devout Catholic and Philanthropist
April 26, 2021By Emily Drooby Faithful were singing in the streets as Church Ave. in Flatbush got a new name: Pierre Toussaint. Priests, Haitian-Americans, […]
Catholic News Headlines for Friday, 4/23/21
April 23, 2021A C.D.C panel votes on the fate of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. Meanwhile, New York City is allowing all residents to […]
A Lesson in Service, Brooklyn Jesuit Prep Students Pick Up Trash in East Flatbush
April 23, 2021By Emily Drooby EAST FLATBUSH — The 85 students at Brooklyn Jesuit Prep (BJP) — spanning across grades five through eight — […]
Catholic News Headlines for Thursday, 4/22/21
April 22, 2021Battling climate change – President Biden looks to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half, as Pope Francis calls on us to protect […]
Bay Ridge Catholic Academy Students Celebrate Earth Day with STEM Projects
April 22, 2021By Jessica Easthope Earth. It’s the third planet from the sun, but at Bay Ridge Catholic Academy, it’s number one. “It’s about […]
Chauvin’s Guilty Verdict Is ‘Justice Served’ Say Parishioners and Clergy in Diocese of Brooklyn
April 21, 2021By Emily Drooby In the Diocese of Brooklyn, there’s an overwhelming sense of justice being served when it comes to the guilty […]