In his speech to Congress, Pope Francis cited two Catholics: Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton. For insight on why Francis spoke about Merton, Currents correspondent Michelle Powers spoke with Father Daniel Horan, O.F.M., author of “The Franciscan Heart of Thomas Merton.”
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Francis and Davis Brief Meeting
Currents anchor Liz Faublas spoke with Pope Francis biographer Austen Ivereigh about the Holy Father’s meeting with Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Can’t Put Pope Francis in a Box
Father Augustino Torres, the Director of Evangelization for the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, was a guest commentator during Pope Francis’s trip to Cuba and the United States. He visited the Currents studio to speak with anchor Liz Faublas about the Holy Father’s trip.
Run Honors McCarthy Legacy, Helps Nazareth
Nazareth High School hosts the annual Eugene McCarthy Memorial Race, named for an alumnus of the school who was also the first Brooklyn casualty of the 1991 Gulf War. Currents correspondent Jim Mancari reports that, 23 years after the first race, the event is as strong as ever.
Contemplative Nuns Recount Pope Meeting
Currents correspondent Michelle Powers visits the Monastery of the Precious Blood in Borough Park, Brooklyn, to meet with the contemplative nuns who took a rare trip outside the monastery… to meet Pope Francis.
Providence House’s Gift of Stability, Opportunity
Providence House helps women in troubled situations, and their children. And, as Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach reports, the September issue of Essence magazine includes a feature on an entrepreneur who is a former Providence House resident.
“Show that Love, Share that Love with Others”
He is a former journalist who now works as senior communications adviser for the Vatican Secretariat of State. During Pope Francis’s trip to the U.S., Greg Burke sat down with Currents anchor Liz Faublas.
Pope Francis Calls for “Practical Engagement”
After Pope Francis celebrated the closing Mass of the Festival of Families in Philadelphia, Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach spoke live on NET, from the festival, with journalist/writer Austen Ivereigh, author of the bestselling biography of Pope Francis titled “The Great Reformer.”
Pope Francis Departs NYC
Currents correspondent Konrad Aderer reported live on NET from JFK Airport in Queens as Pope Francis arrived by helicopter from Manhattan. Konrad spoke with the two guest commentators: Father Joseph Espaillat, the pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Church in the Bronx, and Relevant Radio’s Father Francis Hoffman (aka Father Rocky), and Currents anchor Liz Faublas.
Complete Papal Coverage 2015 – Communicating the Pope at WMOF
Lizanne Pando, Dir. of Communications for the World Meeting of Families 2015, talks about communicating the Pope’s message on Family.