Through Rap, Catholic Artist Preaches the Word
January 16, 2020By Emily Drooby and Allyson Escobar RED HOOK — What rhymes with forgiveness? That’s something Catholic rapper Melvin Windley, a.k.a. “Rabelzthemc,” may […]
Topic: Brooklyn, NY
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 […]
Man Pours Juice All Over Alter During Mass at Brooklyn Church
January 15, 2020Currents News Staff A Brooklyn church was attacked during Sunday morning services on Jan. 12. During 9:30 a.m. Mass at St. Anthony […]
Catholic School Fights Anti-Semitism With Class on Jewish History
January 14, 2020By Emily Drooby There was deafening silence in a Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School classroom as students listened to stories of Holocaust […]
Vandalism Strikes Catholic Church in Queens
January 13, 2020By Tim Harfmann Gang symbols were spray painted on the walls of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Bayside, Queens. Surveillance video […]
Facing Gentrification, Jesuit High School Prepares for Brooklyn Move
January 10, 2020By Emily Drooby At the end of the school year, Brooklyn Jesuit Prep — a middle school that serves low-income students — […]
Brooklyn Priest Remembered as ‘Faithful Servant’ Laid to Rest
January 10, 2020By Tim Harfmann Family, friends and parishioners gathered at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, to say their final farewells […]
‘Building Faith’: Catholic Charities Breaks Ground on Affordable Housing
January 9, 2020By Emily Drooby Lack of affordable housing a New York City complaint as common as late subway trains, but on Jan. 9 […]
State of the State: Gov. Cuomo Speaks on Religious Violence, Legislation
January 9, 2020By Jessica Easthope Governor Cuomo’s message was one of unity during his 2020 State of the State address on Jan. 8. His […]
Pope Francis Suggests Updating Catechism to Include Ecological Sin
January 8, 2020By Emily Drooby While speaking to members of the International Association of Penal Law, Pope Francis shared his plans to update the […]