Visitors at the U.S.-Mexico Border ‘Grateful to God’ For Open Border Travel
November 9, 2021Currents News Staff Grateful. That’s the word that has come out of the mouths of every person. All of them are stepping […]
Topic: Mexican-Americans
‘Toxic Cocktail’ Forcing Unaccompanied Children to Cross U.S. Border Says Catholic Organization
April 15, 2021Currents News Staff As migrants continue to enter the U.S. from Mexico, the number of unaccompanied children in the custody of the […]
Nearly 700 Undocumented Immigrants Detained in Mississippi
August 8, 2019Currents News Staff U.S. immigration officials made a record-setting bust in Mississippi as close to 700 undocumented immigrants were taken into custody […]
ON THE BORDER: Immigration Crisis Divides Texas Town
July 5, 2018With a population of nearly 140,000 people, McAllen, Texas has become ground zero of the immigration crisis. For residents of the Rio […]
Torch Procession Marks Mary’s Feast
December 14, 2017The Bishop of Brooklyn, Nicholas DiMarzio, is leading the diocese in celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe… with a Spanish […]
Mexican Child Martyrs Become Saints
October 16, 2017(Original Air Date 10/12/17) The most special of occasions for the Catholic Church will take place Sunday (10/15/17) in Saint Peter’s Square. […]
Bishop DiMarzio Celebrates Special Mass for Mexico
October 3, 2017Standing in solidarity with the Mexican people, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio leads Catholics from across Brooklyn and Queens in a special Mass following […]
Following Earthquake, Mexican Catholics Pray
September 22, 2017In the Brooklyn diocese, the coordinator for the Mexican ministry is Fr. Jorge Ortiz-Garay. His relatives live about 12 miles outside Mexico […]
Immigrants Hope To Keep Families Together
March 10, 2017Tim Harfmann reports from Lower Manhattan, where Mexican immigrants are scrambling to acquire birth certificates for their children. With the government document, […]
Bread of Kings for Kings County
January 5, 2017Michelle Powers helped bake Rosca de Reyes, a special ring-shaped loaf whose name means “bread of kings.” The bread is central to […]