Judge Defends Giving Amber Guyger Hug, Bible
October 9, 2019Currents News Staff Texas judge Tammy Kemp hugged a former police officer convicted of murder. It happened just before Amber Guyger was […]
Topic: Faith
Local Leaders Respond to Mother Cabrini Controversy
October 8, 2019CARROLL GARDENS — The outrage over the snubbing of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini by New York City first lady Chirlane McCray’s She Built […]
Vatican’s Choice of Bishop DiMarzio in Buffalo a ‘Sign of Trust’: Archbishop Pierre
October 8, 2019By Jorge I. Dominguez-Lopez CARROLL GARDENS — Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the papal nuncio to the United States, said that Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio […]
Bishop Sansaricq is Honored on His 85th Birthday
October 8, 2019By Allyson Escobar CANARSIE — Retired Auxiliary Bishop Guy A. Sansaricq was honored on Oct. 5 by the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Haitian […]
Icon Blessed by Pope Brings Hope to Streets of Syria
October 8, 2019Currents News Staff Originally created by an Orthodox priest, a religious icon blessed by Pope Francis is making its way through every […]
Supreme Court to Address Religious Freedom, Right to Life, Immigration
October 7, 2019Currents News Staff Among the cases on the docket for the Supreme Court this term are ones especially important to Catholics. Saint […]
Chair of Pope’s Amazon Summit Puts Married Priests, Women Squarely on the Table
October 7, 2019By John L. Allen ROME – (Crux) Not wasting any time, the chairman of Pope Francis’s Synod of Bishops on the Amazon […]
Pope Asks Bishops to Embrace Openness, ‘Fire’ of the Holy Spirit at Amazon Synod
October 7, 2019By Melissa Butz The beginning of the long-awaited Synod on the Amazon occurred at the Vatican in a very symbolic place. Right […]
Supreme Court to Hear Louisiana Abortion Case
October 4, 2019By Emily Drooby The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will now consider a Louisiana law that requires any doctor performing […]
Pope Celebrates Feast of Saint Francis With Pan-Amazonian Representatives
October 4, 2019Currents News Staff To commemorate the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Francis hosted indigenous representatives from the Amazon region in […]