Elijah Cummings Remembered
October 17, 2019Currents News Staff The American flag that normally flies high above the White House was lowered to half-staff today in honor of […]
Topic: Inspiration
Fr. James Martin: Pope Was ‘Attentive, Welcoming and Warm’ During Meeting
October 17, 2019By Inés San Martín ROME (Crux) — On September 30, Pope Francis met with Jesuit Father James Martin, an American priest who […]
Catholic School Has Planted Over 14,000 Trees in Amazon
October 17, 2019Currents News Staff Walking into this school is like walking into a real garden. It is the Internado Indígena San Francisco de […]
Catholic Academy Follows ‘Lourdes Mission,’ Helping Children in Need
October 16, 2019By Tim Harfmann At Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy, South Ozone Park, Queens, students in Mrs. Keaney’s seventh grade classroom […]
De Blasio Calls Move to Honor Mother Cabrini a ‘Manufactured Controversy’
October 15, 2019By Tim Harfmann Laura Eng, a Brooklyn resident and one of many Catholics outraged over the Mother Cabrini statue controversy, turned her […]
Imprisoned in Siberia, Lithuanian Cardinal Finds Strength in the Cross
October 15, 2019By Melissa Butz With his eyes full of tears, Cardinal Siguitas Tamkéavichus, recalled his time in a gulag in Siberia. His crime […]
Mother Cabrini Statue in Sight, Italian-Americans Rally for Heritage and Faith
October 14, 2019By Emily Drooby and Andrew Pugliese MANHATTAN — After marching in the Columbus Day Parade on Oct. 14, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced […]
Brooklyn Diocese Celebrates Italian Pride With Mother Cabrini Float at Columbus Day Parade
October 14, 2019By Tim Harfmann As the centerpiece of the Brooklyn Diocese’s Columbus Day parade float, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini made her way up […]
Pope Francis Appeals for Peace in Syria, Ecuador
October 14, 2019By Melissa Butz As Turkey continues its military operation against Kurdish fighters in Syria, Pope Francis used the canonization of five saints […]
Governor Cuomo Speaks in Support of Mother Cabrini Statue
October 14, 2019New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is expressing his support for the creation of a New York City statue honoring St. Frances […]