Following the decision by the Boy Scouts of America to allow openly homosexual troop leaders, Currents anchor Liz Faublas spoke with the Catholic Chaplain for the Boy Scouts in the Borough of Brooklyn, Father Thomas Vassalotti.
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Trump’s Race Could Be “Detrimental”
Currents Correspondent Katie Breidenbach speaks with political activist Michael Long who worries that presidential candidate Donald Trump might hurt the republican party and the issues that he is trying to uphold.
Making Science an Activity
Currents Correspondent Katie Breidenbach checks in at St. Bernadette School in Dyker Heights where they are renovating the science room into a state-of-the-art lab, with lab tables, microscopes, sinks and other equipment that will allow the students to learn, hands-on. They will also incorporate a new curriculum that will give the kids an edge as they learn by doing rather than by memorizing.
Prayer Leads Planned Parenthood Manager
Currents anchor Liz Faublas speaks with former Planned Parenthood manager Ramona Trevino, who has written a book about her experiences at that organization.
Baseball’s Best Face Off in Borough Cup
Currents sports correspondent Jim Mancari visits a youth baseball team from St. Patrick Parish in Bay Ridge, which is participating in the Second Annual Borough Cup, where teams from across New York City face each other.
Archdiocese of Washington Challenges All to #WalkWithFrancis
Ahead of Pope Francis’ visit, the Archdiocese of Washington and its Catholic Charities have launched an effort that challenges members of the local community to reach out to those in need. Currents correspondent Michelle Powers speaks with Msgr. John Enzler, the president of Catholic Charities, Washington, DC.
Repression of Christianity in China Meets Resistance
In Zhejiang province, where Christianity has surged in recent years, the government has removed hundreds of crosses in an escalating campaign of religious repression. Speaking with Chinese Christian activist Bob Fu, Konrad Aderer learns that a dangerous confrontation may be brewing as Christians even from government-approved churches protest the desecrations.
Summer Movies
Steven Greydanus, film critic for the National Catholic Register, contributor to Crux and Catholic Digest, and creator of DecentFilms.com, and David DiCerto, newly appointed Director of Film & Television programming at The Fulton J. Sheen Center for Thought and Culture, join guest host Grant Gallicho in-studio to discuss summer blockbusters and some movies you may not have seen.
“Good is Winning”
Correspondent Michelle Powers speaks with Kathleen Hessert, the head of Sports Media Challenge, the company overseeing a social media campaign aimed at the so-called millennials, coinciding with Pope Francis’s forthcoming visit to the U.S.
“The Pope is Not an American Politician”
Currents correspondent Konrad Aderer speaks with the editor of the Catholic Portal at Patheos, blogger and author Elizabeth Scalia, following the Gallup results showing that, since the beginning of 2014, fewer Americans have a favorable view of Pope Francis.