Pilgrims Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge on Good Friday for the Way of the Cross Procession
March 29, 2024By Jessica Easthope On the most solemn day of the year, hundreds turn their sorrow into footsteps, following the path Christ took […]
Topic: Good Friday
Bishop Brennan Leads Good Friday Observances With Processions and Prayers
March 29, 2024Bishop Robert Brennan is observing Good Friday on March 29 with a series of solemn ceremonies and processions across the borough. The […]
At Good Friday Service, Faithful of Brooklyn and Queens Reflect on the Lord’s Passion
April 2, 2021By Emily Drooby No bells, no candles, no crosses – the St. James Cathedral Basilica in Brooklyn was bare on Good Friday. […]
Pope Francis Observes Good Friday With Service in Front of Socially Distant Audience
April 2, 2021By Jessica Easthope Pope Francis walked into St. Peter’s Basilica for Good Friday service in complete silence, prostrating himself and observing the […]
Why Some Catholic Churches Veil Statues During Lent
April 1, 2021By Emily Drooby Have you ever walked into a church during Lent and seen purple veils on their statues? No? Well, you’re […]
Currents News full broadcast for Fri, 4/10/20
April 10, 2020On the newscast: Pope Francis on Good Friday in a near-empty Saint Peter’s Basilica as the world suffers through the coronavirus crisis; […]
On Good Friday, Pope Francis Intercedes for World During Pandemic
April 10, 2020By Melissa Butz The piercing silence in the Vatican added to the solemn remembrance of the Passion. Pope Francis prayed earnestly, interceding […]
Faithful Remember Persecuted Christians With 24-Hour Good Friday Vigil
April 10, 2020By Emily Drooby Every day, Christians around the world are persecuted for their beliefs. This Good Friday, hundreds prayed for them during […]
Bishop DiMarzio Leads Good Friday Services
April 19, 2019By Tim Harfmann For the solemn service at Saint James Cathedral in Downtown Brooklyn, it was standing room only as worshippers packed […]
Currents News for Friday, April 19, 2019
April 19, 2019On the newscast: Good Friday in Paris. Currents News Michelle Powers is there, reporting on the rebuilding of Notre Dame… and the faith; […]