Deacons Gather in Douglaston
November 9, 2015The deacons of Brooklyn and Queens gathered for their annual convocation at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston, as we hear from […]
Topic: Family
Blessed by Pope, Brooklyn Girl Has Hope
November 5, 2015Julia Bruzzese has been confined to a wheelchair since May. She was at the front of the crowd waiting to greet Pope […]
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.
60+ Second Review – “Pan”
October 27, 2015David DiCerto reviews the big-screen origin story of Peter Pan in PAN!
Soccer: Different Backgrounds, One Goal
October 26, 2015If Brooklyn and Queens comprise the Diocese of Immigrants, the St. Athanasius Youth Soccer Program is a microcosm of that, as we […]
Deacon Lima Part of Brooklyn Diocese History
October 22, 2015Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach meets Deacon Ramon Lima, who will receive the Cross Pro-Ecclesia et Pontifice in a ceremony at the Co-Cathedral […]
“A Baby is Not a Consumer Product”
October 21, 2015A bill has been introduced in the New York State Legislature to legalize the paying of women to be surrogate mothers. The […]
“Silly Season” at the Synod
October 21, 2015A rumor that Pope Francis has a brain tumor overtook other news in the last week of the Synod of Bishops on […]
Synod: Flexibility on the Local Level
October 20, 2015There was still many issues on the table in final week of the Synod of Bishops on the Family. Journalist Austen Ivereigh, […]
Synod Concern: Change in Doctrine
October 19, 2015Commonweal Associate Editor Grant Gallicho is in Rome covering the Synod of Bishops on the Family, and he speaks via Skype with […]