Currents News Update for Thursday, 8/19/21
August 19, 2021Bishops in Ireland are joining their American colleagues in urging their government to assist refugees from Afghanistan. President Biden is pledging to […]
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Bishops in Ireland are joining their American colleagues in urging their government to assist refugees from Afghanistan. President Biden is pledging to […]
By Jessica Easthope Christian Santo is hard to forget. His parents Karen and Bill couldn’t be more proud of him. “Christian was […]
By Currents News Staff Malika Pegues has a lot of goals, like finishing college and becoming a neuropsychologist. These are goals she’s […]
U.S. bishops are urging our government to speed up the relocation process, as thousands of Afghans and foreigners scramble to flee Afghanistan, […]
By Jessica Easthope Praying in front of their parish, St. Michael’s Church in Flushing, Queens, is the highlight of Lucy Santiago and […]
By Jessica Easthope It’s a recognition they weren’t given in their lifetime. Ten nuns are now Blesseds, martyrs, killed by Soviet soldiers […]
While many usual places of refuge in Haiti were destroyed during Saturday’s earthquake, an organization in Queens is ready to help. In […]
Currents News Staff The earthquake in Haiti not only destroyed people’s homes, but for many, it also destroyed their places of refuge: […]
Currents News Staff At the end of his Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis prayed for the people of Haiti. “While I lift up […]
A storm is barreling toward Haiti as the Caribbean nation tries to recover from Saturday’s devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake. The Diocese of […]