Pope Francis Visits Cathedral Destroyed by Al-Qaeda 10 Years Ago
March 7, 2021Currents News Staff Ten years after al-Qaeda’s attack on the Syro-Catholic church “Our Lady of Salvation,” Pope Francis visited this very place […]
Topic: Martyr
Feast of St. Agnes: Remembering a Martyr of Christian Persecution
January 21, 2020By Melissa Butz The Church of Sant’Agnese is visited daily by thousands of tourists strolling around Rome’s Piazza Navona. But it has […]
Jesuit Women Attacked While Volunteering in the Philippines
August 26, 2019By Tim Harfmann Two women volunteering with Jesuits in the Philippines were stabbed. Twenty-four-year-old Genifer Buckly is dead. Her 30-year-old colleague, Anne […]
Currents News for Friday, July 12, 2019
July 12, 2019On the newscast: An in-depth half-hour dedicated to the fight against religious persecution around the globe. Political and religious leaders are saying […]
Currents News for Tuesday, March 5, 2019
March 5, 2019On the newscast: Brooklyn’s Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio reacts to news New York’s top leaders are pushing a pot tax to fund mass […]
Visually Impaired Celebrate Patron Saint
December 13, 2018By Tim Harfmann Father Jamie Dennis doesn’t prepare for Mass like other Catholic priests. He needs help because he’s lost almost all […]
Queens Catholics to Attend Oscar Romero’s Canonization
October 10, 2018By Tim Harfmann Father Carlos Quijano has pictures of Oscar Romero around his office at Blessed Sacrament Church in Jackson Heights, Queens. […]
Academy Students Learn About Martyred Nun & Alumna
December 13, 2017Sister Maura Clarke was a child of the Brooklyn diocese. She was also a missionary and a martyr. Currents News Tim Harfmann […]