NYS Assembly Proposes $30M in Funding to Combat Heroin Epidemic
March 9, 2016A proposal to set aside $30 million to fight the heroin epidemic in New York state has been announced by the state […]
Topic: Death
Zika, Faith and Agendas
February 1, 2016With the Zika virus linked to birth defects, advocates are pushing to allow abortion in countries where it is currently legal. Katie […]
Catholic Charities Director Reflects on San Bernardino
December 7, 2015Monsignor Alfred LoPinto, CEO of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, also led the same organization in the Diocese of San Bernardino. He […]
“I Don’t Know Why Anybody Needs an Assault Rifle”
December 4, 2015Following the latest attack in San Bernardino, Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio spoke about it and the issues involved, including terrorism and guns. […]
Paris is Brooklyn Priest’s Second Home
November 24, 2015Father Michael Perry, the Pastor of Our Lady of Refuge, Flatbush, also celebrates English language Mass at the Cathedral of Notre Dame […]
Priest Recalls His Father’s Alzheimer’s
November 4, 2015During Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach visits Father James Sheehan, who wrote a book about his father’s Alzheimer’s disease.
Cemetery Masses for All Souls
November 2, 2015Masses were celebrated at the cemeteries of the Diocese of Brooklyn on All Souls Day, as we hear from Currents correspondent Tim […]
Former Dem Aide Fights Euthenasia Law
October 20, 2015J.J. Hanson is a former aide to New York Governors Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson. He’s now taken on a new role, […]
Bishop DiMarzio on 9/11: “We Can’t Forget It”
September 11, 2015On the fourteenth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio shares his thoughts and memories of that day […]
Brooklyn Remembrance Honors Fallen Firefighters
September 11, 2015Each year, firefighters from New York and other cities remember colleagues who died on September 11, 2001. Currents correspondent Konrad Aderer reports […]