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: Haitian Catholics
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Diocese of Brooklyn Lends a Hand After Devastating Earthquake Strikes Haiti
August 16, 2021By Jessica Easthope and Paula Katinas The island of Haiti was hit by a massive earthquake Saturday morning. “High casualties are probable […]
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 Thursday, January 2, 2020
January 2, 2020On the newscast: Pope Francis apologizes after an incident in Saint Peter’s Square on New Year’s Eve; More anti-Semitic attacks and a […]