Currents News for Friday, May 17, 2019
May 17, 2019On the newscast: The preparations are quickening in the Brooklyn Diocese: soon there will be new priests; At the Vatican, Pope Francis […]
Topic: Faith
Patrick Creadon
May 17, 2019Craig Syracusa had the chance to speak with Catholic director Patrick Creadon about the new documentary film Hesburgh, about the life and […]
Meet the Artist Behind Cardinal Dolan’s New Portrait
May 16, 2019By Emily Drooby Artist, Richard Hearns’ pieces fill the walls of The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture. While all of them […]
Couple Graduates With Masters In Theology As Husband Prepares For Life As A Deacon
May 15, 2019By Emily Drooby One couple within the Diocese of Brooklyn is living out a little known truth: the married couple that studies […]
Bishop Kearney Set To Close Due To Declining Enrollment And Rising Costs
May 14, 2019By Emily Drooby Since 1961, students have walked through the doors of Bishop Kearney High School and into a great Catholic education. […]
Anti-Semitism On The Rise In New York And Other U.S.Cities
May 14, 2019Currents News Staff Communities across America are seeing a very disturbing trend of anti-Jewish violence. Recent examples include the deadly attack in […]
Catholic Priest and Parishioners Killed After Sunday Mass, Church Set Ablaze By Shooters
May 13, 2019By Emily Drooby Pope Francis is mourning the deaths of a Catholic priest and five parishioners who were murdered after Sunday Mass […]
Student Journalists On the ‘Beat’ at Awards Ceremony
May 13, 2019By Allyson Escobar The Tablet’s annual High School Press Awards ceremony, held May 10 at the Diocese of Brooklyn’s offices in Park […]
Pope Okays Pilgrimage To Medjugorje, Says Apparitions ‘Need Study’
May 13, 2019Currents News Staff From now on, parishes will be able to organize pilgrimages to Medjugorje. In the past only private trips were […]
Chicago Priest Defends Inviting Islamic Leader Louis Farrakhan To Speak At Parish
May 10, 2019By Emily Drooby Following being banned from Facebook over hate speech, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan was invited to speak at […]