Young & Old Line Up for the ‘Blessing of Throats’
February 3, 2020By Emily Drooby Protection for your throat by a blessing performed between two candles is a tradition that can be traced back […]
Topic: Inspiration
Catholic Teen Is a Piano Prodigy and Composer
February 2, 2020By Emily Drooby A flute, clarinet, violin, and cello seamlessly blending together to create a beautiful blizzard of sounds in a composition […]
U.S. Sanctions Salvadoran Military Officials Over Jesuit Massacre
January 31, 2020Currents News Staff Justice is being imposed on men responsible for the massacre of six Jesuit priests. It was one the most […]
Human Trafficking Exposed: Part Three
January 31, 2020By Franca Braatz Additional Reporting by Tamara Laine In a discreet office inside New York’s FBI headquarters, the Assistant Special Agent in […]
Countdown to Caucus: Catholic ‘Sisters’ Share History of Political Activism
January 29, 2020By Michelle Powers Most Iowans don’t get involved in the political race, but two sisters in their eighties have never stopped: Jeanie […]
New Papal Ambassador to the UN Celebrates First Mass
January 29, 2020By Emily Drooby and Christopher White NEW YORK – In his first public event since arriving as the new papal ambassador to […]
National Freedom Day: Beyond the Thirteenth Amendment
January 28, 2020Currents News Staff February 1 marks National Freedom Day, honoring the signing of the resolution that later became the Thirteenth Amendment to […]
Countdown to Caucus: Iowa’s Latino Population Could Play a Big Role
January 28, 2020By Michelle Powers On a Tuesday night, Maria Bribriesco was heading out with her caucus in a box. She is member of […]
Catholic Schools Week: Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto Visits Queens Students
January 28, 2020By Tim Harfmann On Jan. 28, students at Our Lady of Hope Catholic Academy in Middle Village and Saint Joan of Arc […]
Remembering Pope Pius XII’s Fight Against the Holocaust
January 28, 2020By Jessica Easthope Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the newly named Vatican ambassador to the United Nations, described the impact of the Holocaust — […]