Brighton Beach’s ‘Taste of Russia’ Permanently Changes Name in Protest of War in Ukraine
March 8, 2022By Jessica Easthope Beneath the rumble of the “L” train, a row of colorful storefront awnings come to a complete stop. Customers […]
Topic: World News
Piano Player For Peace: Musician Plays Songs for Refugees Crossing Into Poland
March 8, 2022Currents News Staff As the world’s newest war refugees step into Poland from Ukraine, they arrive to an unexpected sound: a man […]
Why One Brooklyn Priest’s Brother Is Hiding, Fighting in Ukraine
March 8, 2022Currents News Staff A crowd of people desperate to leave Ukraine, rush through the doors of a train heading west. People are […]
Students Rally Against War in Ukraine on Rome’s Capitoline Hill
March 8, 2022Currents News Staff Young people across the globe are mobilizing to call for an end to the war in Ukraine, even these […]
Pope Francis Prays for “A Christian Response to Bioethical Challenges”
March 8, 2022Currents News Staff The Pope’s intention for the month of March is for “a Christian response to bioethical challenges.” In his video […]
Emilce Cuda is the New Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
March 8, 2022Currents News Staff The Pontifical Commission for Latin America has a difficult task on its hands: to be a bridge between the […]
Catholic News Headlines for Monday, 3/7/22
March 7, 2022Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Brooklyn Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto. We check in with the residents of a tight-knit Russian […]
Russians and Ukrainians in Brooklyn’s ‘Little Odessa’ Strongly Stand Together Against War
March 7, 2022By Jessica Easthope On the boardwalk, people are expressing their anger about the war in Ukraine and about the man who started […]
A Million Refugees and No Refugee Camps as Poland Opens Homes to Ukrainians
March 7, 2022By Currents News Staff and Paulina Guzik KRAKÒW, Poland (Crux) — It was Saturday, three days into the Russian invasion of Ukraine […]
Former U.S. Nuncio Cardinal Cacciavillan Dies at 95
March 7, 2022By Currents News Staff and Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Italian Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan, a former nuncio to the United […]