Currents News Update for Monday, 9/27/21
September 27, 2021Students of Catholic Academies in the Diocese of Brooklyn are getting lessons in race, tolerance and equality through a new social justice […]
Topic: Faith
Raymond Smith, Catholic Teen from Brooklyn, Identified 71 Years After MIA in Korean War
September 27, 2021By Bill Miller and Emily Drooby ‘Brought Home to Where He Belongs’ GREENWOOD HEIGHTS — Raymond Smith, a Catholic kid from Brooklyn, […]
Currents News Update for Thursday, 9/23/21
September 23, 2021New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says her predecessor under-counted COVID deaths by nearly 12,000 — she’s releasing new numbers as part of […]
Pope Francis Meets Afghan Christian Families Who Fled The Taliban
September 23, 2021Currents News Staff A picture of the Kabul airport was taken in August. Just a month later, this scene played out at the […]
Catholic School Twin Brothers Spend Summer Fundraising for Cause Close to Their Family
September 22, 2021By Emily Drooby and Erin DeGregorio JACKSON HEIGHTS — When twins Connor and Joseph Kelly set out to raise funds to support the […]
Currents News Update for Wednesday, 9/22/21
September 22, 2021President Biden broke off from the scheduled events at the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday to hold a summit with world leaders on […]
Iraq’s Latest Postage Stamps Commemorate Pope Francis’ Papal Trip
September 22, 2021Currents News Staff It’s been several months since Pope Francis’ trip to Iraq, but the country continues to remember those days. Now […]
Currents News Update for Tuesday, 9/21/21
September 21, 2021The Department of Homeland Security says its sending personnel to conduct oversight after disturbing pictures of Border Patrol on horseback emerged at […]
Church Leaders Respond to Border Crisis as Haitians Seek Asylum in Del Rio, Texas
September 21, 2021By Jessica Easthope Church leaders agree – they say asylum is a human right and the way the humanitarian crisis at the […]
U.S. Reacts After Video of Border Patrol Agents Confronting Haitian Immigrants Goes Viral
September 21, 2021By Emily Drooby Viral videos of U.S. border patrol agents on horseback confronting Haitian immigrants have prompted outrage across the country and […]