This Monday from 3pm to 9pm all the churches of New York City and Long Island will be open for confessions. Katie Breidenbach reports that the campaign is called Reconciliation Monday and is a collaboration among the Diocese of Brooklyn, the Archdiocese of New York, and the Diocese of Rockville Centre.
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Young Professionals To Spend a Homeless Night
Covenant House Sleep-Outs have become a movement, raising awareness and funds to support homeless youth. Tomorrow night, 250 young professionals in Manhattan will join eight cities for a night of solidarity. Konrad Aderer reports from the midtown alley next to Covenant House New York, where the Sleep Out will take place.
Top O’ the Morning: An Irish Heritage Celebration
Every St. Patrick’s Day for the past 14 years, Brooklyn Borough Hall has hosted its Irish-American Heritage Celebration. Michelle Powers attended and spoke with the honorees who have served and contributed to the Brooklyn community.
Greenpoint Resident to be Aide in St. Patrick’s Parade
Lifelong Greenpoint resident Virginia “Gina” Sheehan will march up Fifth Avenue on Thursday as an Aide to the Grand Marshall for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The 86-year-old is a dedicated volunteer, active member of St. Anthony – St. Alphonsus, and well known in her neighborhood. Currents Correspondent Katie Breidenbach reports that she’s also full of Irish pride.
Anti-Terror Funding Cuts Threaten NYC
The Obama Administration has proposed cutting Federal funding for New York’s anti-terrorism programs in half. Commissioner Joseph Esposito of New York City’s Office of Emergency Management tells Currents correspondent Konrad Aderer why the proposed cuts could mean “disaster.”
Study says Americans are Sliding Toward the Secular
A new study released by two scholars from University College London and Duke University shows that American ties to the church and God are fading. Our correspondent, Michelle Powers, visited a church in Brooklyn to see what their pastor and parishioners thought of the news.
NYC PBA MEMBERS: The City is Heading in the Wrong Direction
The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association of the City of New York released a survey of 6,000 of its members on the NYPD’s daily working environment, as well as their opinions of Mayor de Blasio, the New York City Council and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton. Our Michelle Powers reports.
Massive Voter Registration Drive to Target NYC Youth
On the City Hall steps, community organizations announced that Student Voter Registration Day (#YouthVoteNYC), will take place today, March 18. Konrad Aderer finds out from organizers how and why they’re hitting over 60 high schools to register 20,000 youth in time for the Presidential Primaries.
Violence, Murder and Impunity in Juarez: Part Two
In the second of two special reports, Currents Correspondent Katie Breidenbach examines the impunity and corruption that plague Ciudad Juarez, a Mexico border town once known as the murder capital of the world. Family members of victims speak out, some for the first time. They want justice, but have little hope due to widespread government corruption. Some of these family members were present during Pope Francis’ February Mass in the city.
Violence, Murder and Impunity in Juarez: Part One
Ciudad Juarez is one of six locations visited by Pope Francis during his first visit to Mexico as pontiff. The city is greatly in need of hope, as Currents Correspondent Katie Breidenbach explains in the first of two special reports. Nightmarish memories still plague the residents of this city, once known as the murder capital of the world. So many were killed that activists adopted a slogan: “Ni Una Mas,” “Not One More.”