Ecuador

Informes # 2 – Viaje apostolico a América Latina: Ecuador

Este verano el papa Francisco llegará a Ecuador en su visita apostólica a América Latina para continuar su ministerio, trayendo el Evangelio a lugares con desigualdades sociales. Su jornada comienza en Quito, Ecuador el decimocuarto domingo de tiempo ordinario – domingo 5 de julio.

Charles Carroll of Carrollton

As Independence Day approaches, Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach visits the Brooklyn neighborhood named for the one Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence, Charles Carroll, and tells us the role he played in the country’s founding.

Separation of Church and State Not in Constitution

Prior to the Supreme Court’s decisions on the President Obama’s health care act and same-sex marriage, Currents News Director Ed Wilkinson spoke with Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio about the Church’s annual Fortnight for Freedom.

Finding Something Bigger than You

Joumana welcomes health and wellness coach and the founder of Find Your Center – New York City (FYCNYC), Adam Cobb. Adam shows how to find perspective by “finding your center” which has led him to a higher belief in God. Joumana and Adam then discuss the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, nutrition and the value in physical as well as spiritual exercises in search of a higher power.

Senator Golden: Stop Flag Burning

Michelle Powers spoke with New York State Senator Martin Golden of Brooklyn, who called on city officials to stop a planned rally on July 1 in Fort Greene Park, during which protesters were planning to burn the American Flag.

Fortnight and Freedom

The Supreme Court ruling that same-sex marriage as right in the U.S. came during the Church’s annual Fortnight for Freedom.  As Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach reports, the high court’s decision on marriage and one that came a day earlier, on the affordable care act, both threaten the Church’s religious freedom.