Brooklyn Church Mourns Parishioner Killed by a Stranger
October 10, 2025By Katie Vasquez and Jessica Meditz BENSONHURST — A Diocese of Brooklyn parishioner remembered for his quiet generosity and deep faith was […]
Topic: Church
Pew: U.S. Christianity Downturn Leveling, but Catholics Suffer ‘Greatest Net Losses’
February 26, 2025by Gina Christian and Currents News (OSV News) – A multiyear decline in Christianity in the U.S. may have leveled off, according […]
Breezy Point Parishioner Takes Pilgrimage to All Diocese of Brooklyn Churches in Queens
October 21, 2024By Katie Vasquez Kenny Hogan, a parishioner from Blessed Trinity Parish in Breezy Point, has always found peace within the walls of […]
Louisiana First Communion Mass Disrupted by Gunman
May 13, 2024By Lauretta Brown A first Communion Mass at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana, was disrupted May 11 after a […]
Diocese of Brooklyn to Mark a Milestone: Celebrating 200th Anniversary of Cathedral Basilica of St. James
August 5, 2022Currents News Staff The Diocese of Brooklyn will mark the 200th anniversary of the first Catholic Church to be built on Long […]
FDA Authorizes Protein-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Novavax
July 14, 2022Currents News Staff You could soon have access to a fourth kind of COVID-19 vaccine. A version from Novavax now has FDA […]
Bronx Parish Holds First Mass After Fire Rips Through Sacristy Last December
March 4, 2022Currents News Staff Rising from the ashes this Ash Wednesday was St. Helena’s parish in the Bronx. The parish held their first […]
Congressional Honor Given to Emmett Till
January 14, 2022Currents News Staff The Senate has passed a bi-partisan bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till. The 14-year-old […]
New York’s Catholic Leaders Respond to Deadly Bronx Fire
January 10, 2022Currents News Staff An emotional prayer vigil took place outside the apartment building in the Bronx where 17 people died in a […]
Vatican Nativity Crèche Inspired by Peru’s Andean Region
December 13, 2021Currents News Staff The Nativity Scene adorning St. Peter’s Square this Christmas is from the Huancavelica region in the Peruvian Andes. “Here […]