For the second time in as many weekends there was an attack against a Catholic church in New York City.
Walter Chisolm, 42, allegedly broke into Our Lady of Rosary Catholic Church through a window and entered its shrine to Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, where he damaged a large crucifix, on Saturday, July 15, according to an NYPD spokesperson.
Chisolm, who was wearing a purple priestly vestment robe and no pants, was arrested for vandalizing the Manhattan shrine to the first American Catholic saint.
He attacked a responding officer, striking him in the face, causing minor injuries, according to the NYPD.
A man was arrested over the weekend for vandalizing a Manhattan church.
Mayor Eric Adams has appointed Edward Caban as the new Nypd Police Commissioner.
Mayor Eric Adams has a new plan to house migrants who continue to arrive in the city.
Bishop Robert Brennan visited Ten Mile River Scout Camp in the Catskill Mountains for a special Mass.
Young Catholic pilgrims from around the globe are getting ready to jetset off to Lisbon, Portugal for World Youth Day 2023.
We’ll be introducing you to some of the pilgrims coming from the Diocese of Brooklyn, including Bella Wagner, who will need a little extra room in her suitcase.
Accompanying the masses of young people will be 2,600 priests, all prepared to hear confessions.
It wouldn’t be World Youth Day without an official hymn. Each event has its own unique sound reflecting on the theme of the pilgrimage.
In May 2022, the food pantry at St. Athanasius Church was in peril, facing a shortfall in emergency pandemic funding that threatened to force it to close and terminate its ability to serve upward of 200 local families.
A little over a year later, the food pantry has survived, under new leadership, but faces new challenges reflecting those facing New York City as a whole.
Inflation has driven food prices up 5.2% across the city in the past 12 months according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and volunteers at St. Athanasius find themselves struggling to feed a community that needs more than they have the funding to serve.
El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, the U.S. bishops’ conference migration committee chair, applauded the federal government for its new migrant family reunification program, but simultaneously cautioned that comprehensive immigration reform from Congress remains the only sustainable path forward.
The family reunification program, implemented by the Department of Homeland Security July 7, allows qualified nationals from Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to join their family in the United States and be considered for parole on a case-by-case basis for a period of up to three years while they wait to apply to become a lawful permanent resident.
The Tablet’s John Lavenburg joins Currents News to talk more about the new program and what it all means.
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill July 13, giving the go-ahead for the sale of Opill, by the drug manufacturer Perrigo, without a doctor’s prescription.
The FDA’s decision is only for this pill, not other birth control pills. Opill will be available for sale early next year and will not have an age restriction.
A growing need and dwindling funding are causing serious issues for a Bensonhurst food pantry.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved an over-the-counter birth control pill.
A new border program with backing from the U.S. bishops offers migrants a legal pathway to reconnect with their families.
As artificial intelligence continues to expand and evolve, the developing technology continues to invade culture.
One culture some worry it can impact, is that of the church.
Currents News’ Katie Vasquez takes a look at the development of A.I. and how it can impact the church.
Can ChatGPT, the technology that creates human-like writing, generate a homily?
Central and South American migrants are still flooding into New York City.
The most venerated image of the renaissance – the Madonna of Childbirth- has been completely restored after 6 months of work.
Just weeks ago every headline across New York City was about the influx of migrants.
Mayor Eric Adams is now critical of the media and said it has fallen short on reporting the crisis, calling it a “Silent Crisis.”