Meet the Priests: Deacon Benoît Chavanne From France Prepares for Ordination in the Diocese of Brooklyn
June 18, 2025By Katie Vasquez In the concrete jungle of Brooklyn, Deacon Benoît Chavanne likes to enjoy green space when he can find it. […]
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Holocaust Survivor Hidden By Catholics Recounts Her Life During World War II
January 28, 2025By Jessica Easthope A picture is all Esther Maidenbaum has left of her mother. It shows a Jewish family who lived and […]
Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine ‘Launches’ Free Virtual Tour
February 8, 2022Currents News Staff During the height of the pandemic, one of the most popular destinations for pilgrims, the Sanctuary of Our Lady […]
How You Can Join Millions of Catholics on a Virtual Pilgrimage to Lourdes
July 16, 2021Currents News Staff Through a virtual pilgrimage beginning on Friday, July 16, you can now travel to Lourdes without leaving your home. […]
A Behind-The-Scenes Look Inside Notre Dame Cathedral’s Reconstruction Two Years After Fire
April 8, 2021Currents News Staff Two years after a devastating fire blazed through the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, specialists are still working hard […]
Bishop Matthieu Rouge Speaks on Nice Attacks and France’s Ongoing Mass Attendance Restrictions
December 1, 2020Currents News Staff One of the bishops who spoke out about the Mass attendance restrictions going on in France was the Bishop […]
Protecting Places of Worship From Terror Attacks: Former NYPD Commissioner of Emergency Management Weighs-In
November 3, 2020Currents News Staff Three people were killed by a knife-wielding attacker in a basilica in Nice, France on the morning of Oct. […]
Suspect Identified Following Terror Attack That Killed Three in Notre Dame Basilica in Nice
October 29, 2020By Emily Drooby and Paula Katinas WINDSOR TERRACE — Three people were killed by a knife-wielding attacker in a basilica in Nice, […]
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 […]
Brooklyn Priest Recalls His Summers At Notre Dame Cathedral
April 17, 2019Father Michael Perry is the Pastor Emeritus of Our Lady of Refuge in Brooklyn. Every summer for the past 27 years, he […]