Deacons Archives

May 29, 2021

By Emily Drooby Ten men became deacons in the Diocese of Brooklyn over Memorial Day weekend. Among them was Antonio Gordon and […]

May 27, 2021

By Jessica Easthope Deacon Elvin Torres steps up to plate and hits another home run. “I think baseball it runs in Dominican […]

May 20, 2021

By Jessica Easthope Deacon Robinson Olivares has explored all life has to offer: he has gone to school, dated, and had a […]

May 13, 2021

By Jessica Easthope Deacon Joseph Hung Tran has had one goal since he was 12 years old: to become a priest. “Pastors […]

July 11, 2020

By Emily Drooby and Paula Katinas The Diocese of Brooklyn, which has a large immigrant population, now has three new transitional deacons […]

June 5, 2020

By Jessica Easthope Deacon Dragan Pusic has waited his entire life to get to this point, and later this month he’ll be […]

February 14, 2020

Currents News Staff It was a prayerful visit to Rome by U.S. bishops, who were met by a frustrated pontiff. Pope Francis […]

October 28, 2019

By Melissa Butz The Amazon summit is over, but there’s still controversy. The bishops at the Synod voted overwhelmingly to recommend that […]

October 23, 2019

On the newscast: President Trump says he’s brokered a permanent ceasefire in Syria and gotten a vow from Turkey to protect people […]

July 2, 2019

On the newscast: Vietnam vet Michael Sulsona gave so much to his country. Now the Catholic war hero is getting a new […]

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