Nigerian Archbishop Wages Peace Against Boko Haram
July 24, 2014Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama speaks with Currents correspondent Konrad Aderer about how Nigerian Christians and Muslims are joining together to peacefully combat […]
Topic: Religious Persecution
New York Maronite Bishop Laments Persecution of Christians
July 21, 2014Currents correspondent Michelle Powers met with the Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn, Bishop Gregory Mansour, to talk about […]
Bishop DiMarzio: “We Can’t Isolate Ourselves from the Rest of the World”
July 11, 2014With radical Islamists waging violence across Iraq, News Director Ed Wilkinson asked Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio for his thoughts on the situation.
Iraq Bishop: Christians Fearful of Their Religion’s Demise in Iraq
July 10, 2014Christians are on the run in Iraq as the violence there continues. The organization Aid to the Church In Need put Currents […]
Kurdish Archbishop Sees Refugee Influx
July 8, 2014Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach spoke with Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Kurdistan, about the refugees coming into his diocese to escape Islamic […]
Catholic Declaration Signer Gives Brooklyn Neighborhood its Name
July 3, 2014Charles Carroll is the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence, but this Maryland native also has a claim to fame […]
Greek Catholic Patriarch says Christians Need Stay in Syria, Iraq
July 2, 2014The leader of the Greek Melkite Catholic Church, Gregorios III Laham, is one of three Catholic patriarch meeting with his Orthodox counterparts […]
Brooklyn Neighborhood Mourns Murdered Israeli Teens
July 1, 2014One of three Israeli teens murdered in the West Bank had close ties to Brooklyn. Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach visited the neighborhood […]
Once a Refugee, Now Helping Others
June 17, 2014Currents correspondent Michelle Powers caught up with Allmina Berisha, a former Kosovo refugee now working at Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens to […]
New Caliphate May Be Causing Christian Flight
June 13, 2014Currents correspondent Michelle Powers turns to Brother Geoffrey Clement, OSF, of St. Francis College, for historical perspective the current situation for Christians […]