Simbang Gabi: Filipino Catholics Celebrate Christmas Novena
December 23, 2019By Tim Harfmann For Filipino Catholics like Princess Osma, the Simbang Gabi celebration is a countdown to Christ’s birth. It’s a novena […]
Topic: Prayer
Queens Church Prays One Million Decades
November 24, 2019By Tim Harfmann The power of prayer — one million decades strong. Parishioners at St. Paul Chong Ha-Sang Church in Flushing, Queens, […]
On World Day of the Poor, Pope Shares Meal With Those in Need
November 18, 2019By Melissa Butz After Mass for the third World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis sat at the table with all those […]
Brooklyn Christians Stand in Solidarity with Lebanon
November 5, 2019By Tim Harfmann Christians in Brooklyn are taking a stand and praying for their endangered brothers and sisters in Lebanon. Paul Moshy […]
Currents News for Thursday, October 24, 2019
October 24, 2019On the newscast: Bishop DiMarzio convenes a major summit on Catholic education in the Brooklyn Diocese. He’s looking at great accomplishments and […]
Catholics Commemorate Feast of St. John Paul II
October 22, 2019Currents News Staff Every year on Oct. 22, the Catholic Church commemorates the liturgical feast of St. John Paul II. On this […]
Currents News for Friday, August 16, 2019
August 16, 2019On the newscast: Someone left 3 rice cookers around Lower Manhattan, prompting mass evacuations. Police are investigating; Firefighters say their final farewell […]
U.S. Bishop on Mass Shootings: ‘Continue to Pray’ for Freedom for Evil
August 7, 2019Currents News Staff After gunshots rang out in El Paso, Texas and 13 hours later in Dayton, Ohio, the United States Conference […]
Changes to be Made to ‘Our Father’ Prayer, in Italian
June 13, 2019Currents News Staff Over time, changes have been made within the Catholic Church to the Mass and various prayers, but a Vatican […]
Pilgrims Pray While Preparing for World Youth Day
January 14, 2019By Tim Harfmann Pilgrims gathered in prayer at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston, Queens. Nearly 200 Catholics from Brooklyn and Queens […]