SOMOS Community Care Vaccination Efforts Help New Yorkers Fight COVID
February 8, 2021Currents News Staff In September 2019, Pope Francis met with a network of doctors who provide health care to ethnic minorities in […]
Topic: New York City
MTA Memorial ‘Travels Far’ Honors NYC Transit Employees Lost to COVID-19
February 4, 2021By Emily Drooby Mathew Thankachan’s father, Thankachan Mathai, was taken from him 10 months ago – a victim of COVID-19. “I feel, […]
Three Kings Day — A Look at Latino Christmas Traditions
January 7, 2021Currents News Staff January 6 marks the “twelfth day of Christmas,” following the end of the Advent season. Around the world, faithful […]
Times Square Billboard Inspires Chain of Hope in Search for Kidney Donor
December 21, 2020By Jessica Easthope These days it seems like everyone is looking down. But Marc Weiner wants you to look up. That’s because […]
U.S. Court of Appeals to Hear Arguments in Diocese of Brooklyn Religious Liberty Case
December 17, 2020Currents News Staff Arguments in the case are scheduled to be heard Friday, Dec. 18 in the United States Court of Appeals […]
New Jersey Teen Creates Care Packages For First Responders, Says It’s Important to Help Others
December 17, 2020Currents News Staff An eleven-year-old boy in New Jersey found a way to help people during this pandemic. He decided to create […]
How New York City Handled Vaccinations During Another Infectious Outbreak: Smallpox in the 1940s
December 16, 2020Currents News Staff In 1947, New York City Health Commissioner Israel Weinstein urged all New Yorkers to get vaccinated after an American […]
Protecting Places of Worship From Terror Attacks: Former NYPD Commissioner of Emergency Management Weighs-In
November 3, 2020Currents News Staff Three people were killed by a knife-wielding attacker in a basilica in Nice, France on the morning of Oct. […]
Happy 134th Birthday Statue of Liberty! How To Virtually Celebrate Lady Liberty
October 29, 2020Currents News Staff It’s a big day for the Statue of Liberty. On Oct. 28, in 1886, Lady Liberty was dedicated as […]
Honoring Mother Cabrini in Battery Park: Remembering the Catholic Saint’s Compassion for All People
October 12, 2020Currents News Staff The dedication of a new statue honoring St. Frances Xavier Cabrini comes as a happy ending after some controversy […]