Saint Kevin Catholic Academy Students Sing ‘That’s What Friends Are For’
April 2, 2020Currents News Staff While learning online at home during the coronavirus pandemic, students from Saint Kevin Catholic Academy were inspired by a […]
Topic: Faith
Who Should Decide When Someone Lives or Dies?
April 2, 2020Currents News Staff The pandemic is raising the most fundamental moral questions about life and death. New York’s health care system is […]
Remembering St. Pope John Paul II
April 2, 2020By Melissa Butz It’s been 15 years since the death of the pope who marked an era in Catholic history. Fifteen years […]
Distance Learning Shows Catholic School Students What ‘Friends Are For’
April 2, 2020By Emily Drooby For students in the Brooklyn Diocese, their new classroom is their dining room table. Students and teachers are now […]
Episode 52 – “Dan England and the Noonday Devil”
April 2, 2020Fr. Robert Lauder has a deep connection to the arts including film, stage and literature. THE CATHOLIC NOVEL is a lecture series […]
Rabbi Addresses Concerns Over Virus Spread in Orthodox Communities
April 1, 2020Currents News Staff There’s controversy in New York City over religion and the coronavirus pandemic. People want to be together for prayer […]
Immigrant Community Faces Health, Job Insecurity During Coronavirus Crisis
April 1, 2020By Emily Drooby Analilia makes ends meet working as a cleaner in New York City, but the COVID-19 crisis has threatened her […]
New York Healthcare Workers Get Big ‘Thank You’ From Catholic Artist
March 31, 2020By Emily Drooby A sign of thanks has appeared outside what’s become the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in Queens’ Elmhurst Hospital. […]
Why Italians Are Finding Faith in Numbers During the Coronavirus Crisis
March 31, 2020By Melissa Butz A new glimmer of hope is spreading throughout Italy after March 30 marked a new two-week low of new […]
Remembering Father Jorge Ortiz-Garay, First U.S. Catholic Priest Lost to Coronavirus
March 30, 2020By Tim Harfmann A memorial is growing outside the locked doors of Saint Brigid’s Church in Bushwick, Brooklyn, to honor their beloved […]