Haitian Priest Highlights Dangers in Area where Missionaries Were Kidnapped
October 19, 2021Currents News Staff The gang that kidnapped those Christian missionaries in Haiti have put a price tag on their demands: $17-million dollars, […]
Topic: Haiti
Haitian Advocacy Group from the Diocese of Brooklyn Travels to Del Rio Border
October 5, 2021By Jessica Easthope Now is the time to strategize. A small advocacy group is pulling together lawyers, money, supplies and medication to […]
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 […]
How These Felician Sisters Are Empowering Haiti’s Earthquake Victims
September 20, 2021By Jessica Easthope The donations are sorted, packed and shipped in this massive container. It’s been a month since Haiti was struck by […]
Bishop Guy Sansaricq’s Mass of Christian Burial at Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph
September 2, 2021By Jessica Easthope The loss of a gentle, patient and holy priest leaves a great void in the Diocese of Brooklyn, that’s […]
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 […]
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, […]
Here’s How Local Non-Profit ‘From Here to Haiti’ Wants to Rebuild Churches After the Devastating Earthquake
August 17, 2021Currents News Staff The earthquake in Haiti not only destroyed people’s homes, but for many, it also destroyed their places of refuge: […]
After Devastating Earthquake, U.S. Church and Pope Francis Offer Prayers for Haiti
August 16, 2021Currents News Staff At the end of his Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis prayed for the people of Haiti. “While I lift up […]