Diocese of Brooklyn to Mark a Milestone: Celebrating 200th Anniversary of Cathedral Basilica of St. James
August 5, 2022Currents News Staff The Diocese of Brooklyn will mark the 200th anniversary of the first Catholic Church to be built on Long […]
Topic: Church History
A Behind-The-Scenes Look Inside Notre Dame Cathedral’s Reconstruction Two Years After Fire
April 8, 2021Currents News Staff Two years after a devastating fire blazed through the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, specialists are still working hard […]
Pope Francis Visits Cathedral Destroyed by Al-Qaeda 10 Years Ago
March 7, 2021Currents News Staff Ten years after al-Qaeda’s attack on the Syro-Catholic church “Our Lady of Salvation,” Pope Francis visited this very place […]
Pope Francis in Land of Abraham: ‘Violence is Betrayal of Religion’
March 6, 2021Currents News Staff This song from the book of Genesis marked the start of the interreligious meeting in Ur of the Chaldeans, […]
A Stop on the Underground Railroad: Take a Look Inside Brooklyn’s Plymouth Church
February 24, 2021By Emily Drooby On a quaint Brooklyn Heights street sits Plymouth Church. Hidden among the pews, are crucial pieces of Black History. […]
Gammarelli Tailor Shop in Rome Prepares for Upcoming Council of Cardinals
November 23, 2020Currents News Staff An iconic window display in central Rome is ready for the Nov. 28 consistory. Gammarelli, a clerical clothing shop, […]
Restoration of Cathedral Attacked During Syrian Civil War Completed
July 29, 2020A badly damaged Catholic cathedral has resurrected after at least three missile attacks amid the Syrian civil war. The Maronite Cathedral of […]
Saint Junípero Serra, Christopher Columbus, Among Statues Vandalized During National Protests
July 7, 2020Currents News Staff Protesters cheered after tearing down a statue of Christopher Columbus in Baltimore, July 4. The monument was then thrown […]
‘Church of Bones’ to Limit Photography at Popular Czech Tourist Site
October 17, 2019Currents News Staff The Sedlec Ossuary Chapel located beneath the Church of All Saints in the Czech Republic is a major tourist […]
Church of the Annunciation
December 5, 2018In this episode, filmed on location in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Anthony Mangano and Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello discuss the total restoration and renovation work […]