Zaida Cordero saved the life of her husband, Jose, by donating a kidney to him. Kondrad Aderer spoke with Zaida, Jose and two of their children at their home in Bensonhurst as they recover from the procedure.
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St. Kateri, Pray for Us
Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach has close to connections to a saint whose feast day the Church celebrates today.
Troike Program Building Tomorrow’s Leaders
It’s a tradition at Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary: the Father Edward Troike Leadership Program. Currents correspondent Tim Harfmann, a former student and counselor with the program, paid the current classes a visit.
Pope Francis “Moves the Ball” on Major Concerns
Currents Anchor Liz Faublas spoke to fellow journalist and author John Allen about the strategy beneath the Pope’s economic rhetoric during his Latin America trip and some possible context for the controversy surrounding the gift Bolivia’s President gave to Francis.
Tradition is a Way of Life in Williamsburg
It weighs four tons and is carried through the streets of Williamsburg, a tradition that has endured for more than 100 years. Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach reports from the Feast of the Giglio.
Basketball Moves Outdoors for the Summer
Sports correspondent Jim Mancari reports from the Catholic Youth Organization’s Summer Basketball Camp where the youths of Brooklyn and Queens can stay fit and in game shape over the summer.
Christian Persecution
Christine Emba, of the New Criterion, and special guest George J. Marlin, Chairman of the Church in Need USA and author of the new book “Christian Persecutions in the Middle East: A 21st Century Tragedy,” join host Msgr. Kieran Harrington to debate and discuss Christian persecution at home and abroad.
Francis’s Tolkien Encyclical
Do the J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’ have similar messages? Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach speaks with a Catholic writer who believes so.
U.N. Resolution Called a “Huge Win” for the Family
Konrad Aderer speaks with Rebecca Oas, Associate Director of Research for the Center of Family and Human Rights, about the passage of a resolution in the United Nations that has been characterized as pro-family.
Capital Campaign Tends to Diocese’s Needs
Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio speaks with Currents News Director Ed Wilkinson about the Diocese’s latest capital campaign, called “Generations of Faith.”