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Rising To The Challenge

Currents correspondent Michelle Powers has the latest internet craze that’s for a good cause, finding a cure for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Youth Compete in NYC’s Borough Cup

Currents sports correspondent Jim Mancari reports on a baseball tournament that’s keeping area youth teams competitive in the summer months.

Ebola Epidemic, Police Brutality & the Justice System and Down Syndrome

Contributors Grant Gallicho and Christine Emba join host Msgr. Kieran Harrington in-studio to discuss and debate this week’s news headlines, including the ebola epidemic across West Africa, police brutality and the NYPD’s stance on “chokeholds,” and the legal case surrounding a Down Syndrome child in Thailand. Msgr. Harrington also answers viewers’ Mailbag questions in the final segment.

Super Heroes in Cinema with Fr. John Cush

Father John Cush, joins REEL FAITH hosts David DiCerto and Steven Greydanus to discuss the current trend in Hollywood of bringing comic books to life on the big screen.

Carmel Mission, San Jose Cathedral & Peter Perez, Chapel of Flowers and Mission San Jose

We visit Carmel and the San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo mission, one of the 21 missions in California, where the founding missionary, Fr. Junipero Serra, is buried. We also visit the gorgeous San Jose Cathedral, where we talk with volunteer Peter Perez, and the Chapel of Flowers funeral home, where we interview the owner, Sue Salman. Our last stop is the San Jose Mission, right up the street from San Jose Cathedral.

Malaysian Jet, Mideast Violence and Catholic Persecution in Iraq

In the Arena contributors Grant Gallicho, Associate Editor at Commonweal, and Christine Emba, Hilton Kramer Fellow at The New Criterion, join host Msgr. Kieran Harrington in-studio to discuss and debate this week’s news headlines, including international tensions over the downed Malaysian Airlines jet, continued conflict involving Israel-Palestinian shelling, and Catholics being driven out of Mosul, Iraq by ISIS.