Currents News Update for Wednesday, 9/15/21
September 15, 2021While there are stories of rebuilding and recovery here in the Diocese of Brooklyn, some Hurricane Ida flood victims haven’t reached that […]
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Five Families that go to St. Mary’s Winfield Church in Woodside now Homeless After NYC Flooding
September 15, 2021By Emily Drooby The flooding line still visible in Leticia’s Queens apartment, weeks after Tropical Storm Ida hit NYC. Mold now covers […]
Currents News Update for Tuesday, 9/14/21
September 14, 2021Pope Francis – in the middle of his eastern European trip – highlighting the importance of the cross during a Mass in […]
Pope in Slovakia: Day 3 Round Up
September 14, 2021Currents News Staff Music played as Pope Francis arrived in the largest neighborhood for the Roma ethnic community in Europe. Some 350-thousand […]
Pope Calls For Integration of Roma People; Condemns Prejudice, Exclusion
September 14, 2021By Inés San Martín KOŠICE, Slovakia (Crux) — Speaking at the largest Roma impoverished community in Europe, Pope Francis said they are not […]
St. Mary of Winfield Sifting Through the Rubble After Lower Church Destroyed During NYC Flooding
September 14, 2021By Emily Drooby and Paula Katinas WOODSIDE — When Father Christopher O’Connor hears that the weather forecast calls for rain, he says […]
How an Afghan Writer and Pope Francis Helped a Christian Family Escape the Taliban in Kabul
September 14, 2021By Currents News Staff Afghan writer Ali Ehsani reached out to Pope Francis in August, asking for his help in getting a […]
Currents News Update for Monday, 9/13/21
September 13, 2021Pope Francis is in Slovakia. Yesterday, the Holy Father was in Budapest. He referenced a growing anti-immigrant sentiment happening in countries like […]
‘Upbeat, Healthy’ Pope Francis Calls For Freedom in Both Civil Society and Church
September 13, 2021By Currents News Staff and Inés San Martín BRATISLAVA (Crux) — Speaking to civil authorities in Slovakia, a country that for decades was […]
In Slovakia, Pope Francis Encouraged Priests to Shorten Their Homilies
September 13, 2021Currents News Staff Pope Francis was greeted with cheers from the crowd and a welcome from Archbishop Stanislav Volensky, the president of […]