Holy and Good; Also, a Sinner
September 30, 2015In his speech to Congress, Pope Francis cited two Catholics: Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton. For insight on why Francis spoke about […]
Topic: Religious Life
Contemplative Nuns Recount Pope Meeting
September 29, 2015Currents correspondent Michelle Powers visits the Monastery of the Precious Blood in Borough Park, Brooklyn, to meet with the contemplative nuns who […]
Providence House’s Gift of Stability, Opportunity
September 29, 2015Providence House helps women in troubled situations, and their children. And, as Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach reports, the September issue of Essence […]
Complete Papal Coverage 2015 – Missionary Work in Cuba
September 20, 2015This preview of NET TV exclusive documentary “Cuba: The Island of Our Lady” talks about the missionaries in Cuba once the Church […]
Mercy Sister to Receive Irish Fair Award
August 28, 2015Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach speaks with Mercy Sister Caroline Tweedy, who will receive the Kathleen Slattery Woman of the Year Award at […]
Religious Orders
August 16, 2015Fr. Gabriel Gillen, director of the Dominican Foundation, Matthew Sutton, associate professor at St. John’s University, and Elizabeth Sutton, assistant professor at […]
A Canonization With Controversy
August 10, 2015California’s soon-to-be first saint, Blessed Junipero Serra, doesn’t come without controversy. To some, Serra embodies the system that promoted massive cultural genocide. […]
Nuns, Guns and the Wild West
August 5, 2015Billy the Kid, a notorious bank and stage-coach robber of the Wild West, met his match in the most unlikely of people […]
Consecrated and Serving
July 30, 2015What is consecrated virginity? Correspondent Katie Breidenbach investigates this largely unknown vocation as part of Currents’ continued coverage of the Year of […]
Faith, Nature and Inherent Value
July 23, 2015During a visit to the Dominican Sisters of Amityville, Currents News Director Ed Wilkinson spoke with the community’s spiritual director, Sister Margaret […]