Pope Francis Learns Results of V Encuentro From U.S. Clergy
September 18, 2019By Melissa Butz Hispanics and Latinos from 175 dioceses around the United States met with Pope Francis on the morning of September […]
Topic: Brooklyn
Bishop DiMarzio Honors Big Donors to Annual Appeal
September 17, 2019By Allyson Escobar DOUGLASTON — Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio recognized “Court of Honor” donors to the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Annual Catholic Appeal in a […]
Shop Sells Candles Depicting Celebrities, Politicians as Religious Figures
September 12, 2019By Tim Harfmann At ‘Awesome Brooklyn’ shop in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, you’ll find candles featuring everyone from Barack and Michelle Obama to […]
America Remembers: Living with 9/11 Illness
September 11, 2019By Tim Harfmann Eighteen years later, September 11 is an emotional day for NYPD Lieutenant Chris Phelan. “It’s a very solemn day […]
Facing Gentrification, Brooklyn Parishioners Still Come Together to Worship
September 9, 2019By Emily Drooby Hundreds of people packed Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary & St. Stephen Church on the morning of Sunday, […]
Fontbonne Hall Academy Welcomes Sixty New Students
September 6, 2019Currents News Staff When some neighboring Catholic high schools closed at the end of last year, Fontbonne Hall Academy in Bay Ridge, […]
New School Year Brings New Students to Brooklyn Catholic Academy
September 4, 2019By Tim Harfmann Enrollment is up at St. Brigid-St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Academy in Bushwick, Brooklyn. There are now 270 students, up […]
Caribbean Culture, Catholic Faith Celebrated at West Indian Day Parade
September 3, 2019By Andrew Pugliese CROWN HEIGHTS — Steady rain didn’t stop the celebration of Caribbean culture along Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights on […]
Catholics Prepare to Offer Relief as Hurricane Dorian Approaches Puerto Rico
August 28, 2019By Tim Harfmann As Hurricane Dorian makes landfall with heavy rain and winds over 75 miles per hour, Lillian Betancourt is hoping […]
Jesuit Women Attacked While Volunteering in the Philippines
August 26, 2019By Tim Harfmann Two women volunteering with Jesuits in the Philippines were stabbed. Twenty-four-year-old Genifer Buckly is dead. Her 30-year-old colleague, Anne […]