Explaining Excommunication
June 25, 2014Over the weekend, Pope Francis announced that the mafia was excommunicated. Currents correspondent Michelle Powers spoke with one of the men whose […]
Topic: World News
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 […]
World Cup Fever Contagious in Brooklyn Diocese
June 12, 2014Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach spoke with Deacon Vincent La Gamba of St. Francis de Sales Parish, a sportswriter who happens to have […]
No Place to Hide for Christians in Mosul
June 12, 2014Currents correspondent Michelle Powers visited Aid to the Church in Need, an organization that helps the suffering and persecuted faithful around the […]
Saints Joachim and Anne School: “Hand in Hand, Through Christ”
June 12, 2014Saint Joachim and Anne School in Queens Village took in 22 Haitian students displaced by the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Currents education […]
Pope Brings Together Israeli, Palestinian Heads of State
June 9, 2014Less than a month after Pope Francis extended the invitation, Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestian leader Mahmoud Abbas met at the […]
Seventy Years Later, Vet Remembers the Horrors of D-Day
June 6, 2014Ahead of the 70th anniversary of D-Day, Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach spoke with John McHugh, a veteran of the Battle of Normandy […]
60-Plus Second Review – “Rio of Faith”
June 5, 2014David DiCerto reviews the Brazilian docu-diary, RIO OF FAITH which highlights some of the people and events around World Youth Day 2013 […]
Chinese Catholics in Brooklyn Fear Government Back Home
June 4, 2014On the 25th anniversary of the peace protests in Tiananmen Square, Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach spoke with Chinese Catholics in Brooklyn.