Mass Trials Underway in Cuba as Protestors Face Up to 30 Years in Prison
January 31, 2022Currents News Staff After anti-government protests swept across Cuba in July, police arrested hundreds of the people who had taken to the […]
Topic: Cuba
Police Stop Demonstrators in St. Peter’s Square Protesting Against Cuban Dictatorship
October 26, 2021Currents News Staff At the end of the Pope’s Angelus, a chant broke out among the crowd. “Freedom, freedom, freedom…” There were […]
Bishop Octavio Cisneros Fears Situation in Cuba May Reach Dangerous Flashpoint
July 14, 2021Currents News Staff There are unprecedented protests taking place in Cuba. The Diocese of Brooklyn’s Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Octavio Cisneros knows first-hand […]
Protests Grow Against Cuba’s 62-Year-Old Communist Regime
July 13, 2021By Emily Drooby Thousands of anti-communist protesters in Cuba chanted, “Patria y Vida,” which translates to “homeland and life.” For those who […]
Cuba Protests Prompt Calls for Change from President Biden and U.S. Elected Officials
July 12, 2021By Jessica Easthope Unprecedented protests all over Cuba on Sunday, July 11, have elected U.S. officials speaking out. President Joe Biden called […]
In Cuba, Thousands Took to the Streets to Protest Regime and ‘Economic Misery’
July 12, 2021Currents News Staff Protesters took to the streets in Havana calling for liberty, creating the largest mass protests in years, perhaps decades. […]
The Son of Cuban Immigrants is Now Philadelphia’s Chief Priest
February 18, 2020By Tim Harfmann Archbishop Nelson Perez was officially installed as the new Catholic leader of Philadelphia on Feb. 18. Nearly 2,000 people […]
Currents News for Tuesday, June 4, 2019
June 4, 2019On the newscast: Arrests in Albany today as Catholic housing advocates fight for reform. New York’s rent laws are about to expire. […]
Currents News for Wednesday, May 1, 2019
May 1, 2019On the newscast: The Mass of Hope and Healing in the Brooklyn Diocese, planned by sex abuse survivors and how it impacts […]
The Church in Cuba Under New President
July 18, 2018Editor of the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Spanish paper, Nuestra Voz, speaks about conditions of the church in Cuba under President Miguel Diaz-Canel.