Amazon Synod Enters Critical Stage
October 22, 2019Currents News Staff The Amazon Synod is in its final phase. Cardinal Claudio Hummes is preparing the conclusions. A commission of 12 […]
Topic: Faith
Controversial Amazon Statue Stolen From Church, Thrown in Rome’s Tiber River
October 21, 2019By Melissa Butz and Christopher White, The Tablet’s National Correspondent ROME — A wood carving statue of a naked pregnant woman that […]
Faith Leaders Support Plan to Close Jails on Rikers Island
October 18, 2019Currents News Staff The New York City Council on Oct. 17 passed a plan to close the detention centers on Rikers Island […]
Pope Meets with Indigenous Leaders in Vatican
October 18, 2019Currents News Staff “The children of the jungle praise You, Lord. The poor and forgotten, with an eagerness to be free.” Almost […]
Bishop DiMarzio Honored for Service to Migrants
October 18, 2019By The Tablet Staff MANHATTAN — At the Center for Migration Studies annual gala at Battery Gardens restaurant in lower Manhattan on […]
Return of Military Dad From Afghanistan Answered Prayer for Queens Family
October 17, 2019By Tim Harfmann Holly Murray is a seventh grader at Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Academy in Belle Harbor, Queens. Her dad, […]
Elijah Cummings Remembered
October 17, 2019Currents News Staff The American flag that normally flies high above the White House was lowered to half-staff today in honor of […]
‘Church of Bones’ to Limit Photography at Popular Czech Tourist Site
October 17, 2019Currents News Staff The Sedlec Ossuary Chapel located beneath the Church of All Saints in the Czech Republic is a major tourist […]
Fr. James Martin: Pope Was ‘Attentive, Welcoming and Warm’ During Meeting
October 17, 2019By Inés San Martín ROME (Crux) — On September 30, Pope Francis met with Jesuit Father James Martin, an American priest who […]
Catholic Academy Follows ‘Lourdes Mission,’ Helping Children in Need
October 16, 2019By Tim Harfmann At Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy, South Ozone Park, Queens, students in Mrs. Keaney’s seventh grade classroom […]