Parishioners and Clergy in the Diocese of Brooklyn Clean-Up After Massive Flooding Caused by Ida
September 2, 2021By Emily Drooby It was a difficult site to witness inside St. Mary’s Winfield Church in Woodside, Queens. Five feet of water […]
Topic: Faith
Waves of Afghan Refugees Being Resettled in United States by Catholic Charities
September 2, 2021Currents News Staff Afghan refugees are being relocated around the world since the Taliban toppled the nation’s government on August 15. Catholic […]
Currents News Update for Wednesday, 9/1/21
September 1, 2021The Vatican’s verdict is in: Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio is innocent – exonerated of sexual abuse allegations that date back nearly a half-century. […]
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio Cleared of Sexual Abuse Claims
September 1, 2021By John Lavenburg and Currents News Staff WINDSOR TERRACE — Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn has been exonerated of sexual abuse allegations […]
Wake for First U.S. Haitian Bishop Guy Sansaricq Held at Brooklyn’s St. Jerome’s Parish
September 1, 2021By Jessica Easthope One-by-one, a line of mourners came to say a goodbye to Bishop Guy Sansaricq but the farewell was especially […]
Currents News Update for Tuesday, 8/31/21
August 31, 2021President Biden spoke to the nation a day after America’s longest war officially came to an end. The last of the United […]
Currents News Update for Monday, 8/30/21
August 30, 2021Hurricane Ida brought torrential rain and powerful winds to Louisiana — but over 50 million people are under flash flood watches and […]
Diocese of Brooklyn Warehouse Ready to Send Items to Help Rebuild Haiti Churches After Earthquake
August 30, 2021By Jessica Easthope Everything you can think of that makes up a church is sitting in a warehouse in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Doors, […]
How to Get More Out of Mass with the 10th Anniversary Edition of a “Biblical Walk Through the Mass”
August 30, 2021Everything at Mass has meaning. The gestures, the rituals, the words: God speaks to us through all of it. For the past […]
How Catholic Organizations are Responding to the Haiti Earthquake
August 30, 2021On August 14, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck southern Haiti, killing over 2,200 people. Catholic organizations in Haiti are on the ground providing […]