Amazing Grace: Catholic Teen Battles Heart Disease and Inspires Others
May 19, 2021Currents News Staff When it’s nice outside, you’ll often find Grace Mallgraf in the backyard with her dad practicing her swing. But […]
Topic: Churches
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, […]
Pope Francis’ Historic Trip to the ‘Martyred Church in the Land of Abraham’
March 4, 2021Currents News Staff and Cindy Wooden BAGHDAD (CNS) — To consolidate peace and ensure progress, the government and people of Iraq must […]
St. Margaret Mary Parishioners Build Creche One Last Time as Staten Island Church Preps for Closure
December 22, 2020By Jessica Easthope A few weeks before Christmas every year, hundreds see a crèche appear at St. Christopher/St. Margaret Mary Church on Staten Island. […]
Protecting Places of Worship From Terror Attacks: Former NYPD Commissioner of Emergency Management Weighs-In
November 3, 2020Currents News Staff Three people were killed by a knife-wielding attacker in a basilica in Nice, France on the morning of Oct. […]
Brooklyn Diocese Sues Governor Andrew Cuomo Over ‘Unjust’ COVID-19 Restrictions
October 8, 2020By Paula Katinas and Jessica Easthope WINDSOR TERRACE — The Diocese of Brooklyn is taking Gov. Andrew Cuomo to court. The diocese […]
Tropical Storm Isaias Shatters Nearly Century Old Window at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church
August 6, 2020By Jessica Easthope A priest was celebrating Mass alone inside Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Ridgewood, Queens when he witnessed […]
Pope Francis Calls For International Ceasefire in Order to Help Pandemic Victims With Humanitarian Aid
July 20, 2020Currents News Staff According to Johns Hopkins University, the number of global coronavirus deaths already exceeds 600,000 people. Thus, Pope Francis insisted […]