Faith Leaders Support Plan to Close Jails on Rikers Island
October 18, 2019Currents News Staff The New York City Council on Oct. 17 passed a plan to close the detention centers on Rikers Island […]
Topic: Faith
Pope Meets with Indigenous Leaders in Vatican
October 18, 2019Currents News Staff “The children of the jungle praise You, Lord. The poor and forgotten, with an eagerness to be free.” Almost […]
Return of Military Dad From Afghanistan Answered Prayer for Queens Family
October 17, 2019By Tim Harfmann Holly Murray is a seventh grader at Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Academy in Belle Harbor, Queens. Her dad, […]
Elijah Cummings Remembered
October 17, 2019Currents News Staff The American flag that normally flies high above the White House was lowered to half-staff today in honor of […]
‘Church of Bones’ to Limit Photography at Popular Czech Tourist Site
October 17, 2019Currents News Staff The Sedlec Ossuary Chapel located beneath the Church of All Saints in the Czech Republic is a major tourist […]
Fr. James Martin: Pope Was ‘Attentive, Welcoming and Warm’ During Meeting
October 17, 2019By Inés San Martín ROME (Crux) — On September 30, Pope Francis met with Jesuit Father James Martin, an American priest who […]
Catholic Academy Follows ‘Lourdes Mission,’ Helping Children in Need
October 16, 2019By Tim Harfmann At Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy, South Ozone Park, Queens, students in Mrs. Keaney’s seventh grade classroom […]
De Blasio Calls Move to Honor Mother Cabrini a ‘Manufactured Controversy’
October 15, 2019By Tim Harfmann Laura Eng, a Brooklyn resident and one of many Catholics outraged over the Mother Cabrini statue controversy, turned her […]
Imprisoned in Siberia, Lithuanian Cardinal Finds Strength in the Cross
October 15, 2019By Melissa Butz With his eyes full of tears, Cardinal Siguitas Tamkéavichus, recalled his time in a gulag in Siberia. His crime […]
2020 Presidential Debates: Democrats and the Right to Life
October 14, 2019Currents News Staff Leading up to the 2020 presidential election, the Democratic debate on October 15 will be the biggest primary debate […]
