View from Above St Peter’s Basilica: Priest Procession

“If you’ve ever wondered how you give out communion to over a million people, this is how you do it.” Priests from all over the world process into St. Peter’s Basilica for the Canonization on April 27, 2014. Report by Fr. Rob Keighron, Diocese of Brooklyn.

World’s Fair in Queens, 50 Years Ago

Fifty years ago this week, the World’s Fair got underway in New York. Among the highlights: a Papal visit, a Vatican Pavilion and a Michelangelo masterpiece. Our Ed Wilkinson and Katie Breidenbach went in search of the way it was.

La Canonización del Beato Juan Pablo II

Este primer programa es uno muy especial. Nos encontramos ante un momento histórico. La canonización del Beato Juan Pablo II. Juan Pablo II nació Karol Uzef Wojtyla en Wadowice, Polonia. Al ser electo por la Iglesia Católica en 1978, se convirtió en el primer Papa no Italiano en 455 años. Para conocer al Papa, hay que conocer al hombre. Su gran amigo el cardenal Deskur dijo “todo lo que el santo padre soporto en su vida, lo preparo para lo que tenía que hacer. Al igual que una flecha se prepara para ser disparada de un arco, Dios prepara a las personas correctas. El prepara sus flechas.

The first program is a very special one. We are facing a historic moment, the canonization of Blessed John Paul II. John Paul II was born Karol Uzef Wojtyla in Wadowice, Poland. After being elected in 1978 by the Catholic Church, he became the first non-Italian pope in 455 years. To know the Pope, one must know the man. His great friend Cardinal Deskur said “all that the holy father stood for in his life prepared him for what he had to do. Like an arrow ready to be shot from a bow, God prepares the right people. He prepares his arrows.

John Paul II Left Mark on Brooklyn, Queens

John Paul II came to the United States seven times… stopping in New York twice. On his last visit in 1995, he celebrated Mass in Central Park, at Giants Stadium in New Jersey and at Aqueduct Race Track in Queens where he called Brooklyn Bishop Thomas Daily a stalwart pastor. Currents correspondent Michelle Powers has been re-examining that memorable occasion.