Porziuncola in Assisi Reminds Faithful About Power of Forgiveness, Especially in Month of August
August 4, 2020Currents News Staff Four years ago, the pope made a quick but emotional and profoundly meaningful visit to the Porziuncola in Assisi. […]
Topic: Faith
Pandemic Exposes Vulnerable Populations as Human Trafficking on the Rise
August 3, 2020By Emily Drooby As billions of people shuttered their doors to avoid COVID-19, another virus was growing, according to the international social […]
Currents News full broadcast for Mon, 8/3/20 (Catholic news)
August 3, 2020Currents News reports secular and religious news from the Catholic perspective. Some of the top stories on this newscast: The legacy of […]
Irish Catholic Politician John Hume Is Remembered as a Peacemaker in the Brooklyn Diocese
August 3, 2020By Jessica Easthope and Michael Kelly Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, Northern Ireland, has hailed political leader John Hume as a “paragon […]
Representative John Lewis Remembered By Friends and Former Presidents in Farewell Church Service
July 30, 2020Currents News Staff Representative John Lewis, a passionate champion of civil rights and long-term Georgia congressman, was remembered July 30 by family, […]
How Rome’s Historic ‘Talking Statues’ Helped Create a Space for Public Discourse
July 30, 2020By Melissa Butz It all started 500 years ago with the Pasquino, known as the first “talking statue in Rome.” The chatter […]
Currents News full broadcast for Thurs, 7/30/20 (Catholic news)
July 30, 2020Currents News reports secular and religious news from the Catholic perspective. Some of the top stories on this newscast: A Queens pastor […]
Mom Credits Healing of Son’s Terminal Illness in the Womb to Intercession of Father Michael McGivney
July 30, 2020By Jessica Easthope Michelle Shacachle and her husband Daniel have 13 children. Her youngest, Michael, is the reason why Father Michael McGivney, […]
Friends of the Poor
July 30, 2020Joe Estevez covers the second annual Friends of the Poor 5K Walk and Run Marathon race in Carpinteria, California which raises money […]
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 […]