Currents News for Wednesday, August 14, 2019
August 14, 2019On the newscast: A new law is now in effect–giving adult victims of child sex abuse in New York one year to […]
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Fighting for Street Safety: Catholic Family Remembers Teen Lost to Traffic Crash
August 14, 2019By Emily Drooby On Utopia Parkway in Whitestone, Queens there’s a plaque honoring Madeline Serchen, a Saint Francis Prep Honor student whose […]
Window for Abuse Suits in New York Opens
August 14, 2019By Tim Harfmann and Andrew Pugliese New York state’s Child Victims Act (CVA) took effect on Aug. 14. The law lifts the […]
Match Made in Heaven – Christian Couple Married for 7 Decades
August 14, 2019Currents News Staff Francis and Rosemary Klontz met in junior high in Auburn, Washington. They’ve been matching their outfits ever since. “Well, […]
Currents News for Tuesday, August 13, 2019
August 13, 2019On the newscast: Just weeks before the school year begins–another Catholic academy in Brooklyn is closing its doors; United States bishops speaking […]
St. Francis Xavier-Queen of All Saints Catholic Academy to Close
August 13, 2019By Emily Drooby and Allyson Escobar CLINTON HILL — A historic school in Brooklyn will shutter its doors before the upcoming school year, […]
Pope to Allow External Audit of Vatican Bank Accounts
August 13, 2019Currents News Staff Pope Francis has implemented a bold economic reform to the Vatican’s financial entity of the Holy See, the Institute […]
‘Priest With a Mic’ Brings Catholic Faith to the Streets With YouTube Series
August 13, 2019Currents News Staff Father Kyle Manno brings sidewalk evangelization to the streets of New York and around the world with his popular […]
Man Detained by ICE Speaks Out After Raid
August 13, 2019Currents News Staff Hundreds of people were detained in Mississippi last week in a massive sweep by ICE targeting undocumented workers. One […]
Currents News for Monday, August 12, 2019
August 12, 2019On the newscast: The Trump administration is tightening rules that could deny citizenship to immigrants who need public assistance; In Tennessee, lawmakers […]