What the Future Deacons have Learned

Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach talks to two men who are planning to take the lessons they’ve learned into their ministry as deacons.

Priests Ride to Encourage Vocations

Currents anchor Liz Faublas speaks with Father Joseph Fitzgerald, Vocations Director for the Diocese of Rockville Centre.  Father Fitzgerald is one of two priests who biking with three seminarians from Florida to New York to raise awareness for vocations.

Auxiliary Bishops-Elect Introduced in Brooklyn

Pope Francis has appointed Father James Massa and Father Witold Mroziewski as auxiliary bishops for the Diocese of Brooklyn. Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach and News Director Ed Wilkinson report from the press conference at the Brooklyn Diocese’s chancery.

Press Conference: Introducing Brooklyn Bishops-Elect

Pope Francis has appointed two priests of the Diocese of Brooklyn – the Very Reverend James Massa, 54, and the Reverend Canon Witold Mroziewski, 49 – as auxiliary bishops of Brooklyn. Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, made the announcement public today in Washington, D.C.

The Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, will ordain the new bishops at a Mass of Episcopal Ordination to be celebrated at the Co-Cathedral of Saint Joseph on July 20, 2015 at 2 p.m.

Earlier today, the Diocese of Brooklyn held a press conference to introduce the new bishops.

Diocese of Brooklyn Gets Two New Auxiliaries

Pope Francis has appointed Very Reverend James Massa and Reverend Canon Witold Mroziewski as auxiliary bishops for the Diocese of Brooklyn.  Tune in to Currents tonight at 7:30 pm (encores at 11:30 pm and tomorrow at 6:30 am) for complete coverage of the appointment.  Here is an excerpt of an exclusive Currents interview with the two bishops-elect.  See the full interview tonight on Currents.

The Diocese of Brooklyn issued a press release announcing the appointments.

U.N. Conference All About the Family

Ambassadors and NGO workers gathered for a conference on the family at the United Nations in New York, organized by the Vatican’s representative at the U.N. As we hear from Currents correspondent Konrad Aderer, a host of issues was discussed.

World Communications Day

Grant Gallicho, Ed Wilkinson and Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio join Monsignor Kieran Harrington, in a very special live taping at World Communications Day in Brooklyn to discuss and debate communication and the family.

“Cathedral of Gowanus” a Sacred Site

Currents correspondent Michelle Powers visits St. Agnes Church in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood, one of the many churches taking part in the New York Landmarks Conservancy Sacred Sites Open House Weekend.