Cause for Pierre Toussaint’s Canonization Energized on the 168th Anniversary of His Death
June 30, 2021By Jessica Easthope He was a former slave, a Haitian immigrant and a hairdresser, but considered himself first and foremost a Catholic. […]
Topic: Haiti
Church Ave. in Brooklyn Co-Named After Venerable Pierre Toussaint, Devout Catholic and Philanthropist
April 26, 2021By Emily Drooby Faithful were singing in the streets as Church Ave. in Flatbush got a new name: Pierre Toussaint. Priests, Haitian-Americans, […]
Deportation of Haitians On the Rise as Activists Fight for Their Temporary Protected Status
April 7, 2021By Emily Drooby A new report shows deportations are up. At the same time, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is on the chopping […]
Brooklyn Diocese’s Haitian Apostolate Takes Creole Bible Studies Class Virtual
September 18, 2020Currents News Staff A Catholic Bible studies program that’s been going strong for 30 years had to make some changes this year […]
Currents News for Monday, November 25, 2019
November 25, 2019On the newscast: Pope Francis visits Nagasaki and Hiroshima – both devastated by atomic bombs. His mission of peace to eliminate nuclear […]
Brooklyn Priest, Siblings Release Worship Album
November 25, 2019By Tim Harfmann There’s no sibling rivalry when it comes to Father Saint Charles Borno and his brothers. The priest is pastor […]
Bishop Sansaricq is Honored on His 85th Birthday
October 8, 2019By Allyson Escobar CANARSIE — Retired Auxiliary Bishop Guy A. Sansaricq was honored on Oct. 5 by the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Haitian […]
Currents News for Tuesday, February 19, 2019
February 19, 2019On the newscast: An exclusive report about a young girl prevented from attending her beloved school, in the last days of her […]
Currents News for Wednesday, January 2, 2019
January 2, 2019On the newscast: U.S. Bishops pray at a special retreat over the sex abuse crisis; A Queens parish celebrates the return of […]
The Making of Little Haiti
July 28, 2018She’s assembly-woman and Haitian-American Rodneyse Bichotte. Little Haiti is a cultural hot spot in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. But the district […]