When the Holy Father visited Colombia in September, he inspired many Catholics around the world. The Pontiff’s call to reach out to the peripheries of the South American nation is being fulfilled. Currents News, Michelle Powers, has the story.
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The Bishop of Brooklyn, Nicholas DiMarzio, is welcoming over four hundred people as they take their first official step into the Catholic church. This new faith, Currents news Katie Engesser reports, is also giving many strength during trying times.
This week, on In the Arena, Father Gerald Murray returns to host the show with Rabbi Brad Hirschfield. They will be joined by some very exciting guests, including William Spencer Riley of the Sheen Center and Felix Cepeda, who will discuss the sanctuary movement in NYC and the nation. Students from Penn State skype in to talk about their annual dance-a-thon for childhood cancer, and Monsignor Harrington returns once again to close the show with the help of Robert Whaples, editor of “Pope Francis and the Caring Society”. All this and more on In the Arena, faith at the forefront of today’s news and events!
Host Craig Syracusa talks with Taylor James and Lindsay Wagner, the stars of the new movie “Samson” – based on the powerful, biblical epic of a champion chosen by God.
Vibrant Chinese Catholic communities in the Diocese of Brooklyn will celebrate the Lunar New Year this weekend, blending their faith with their traditions. Currents News Konrad Aderer reports from a parish and a school as they prepare to usher in the Year of the Dog.
Police want to arrest the thug who attacked a St. John’s Prep High School student in Queens. Currents News Tim Harfmann reports that while the manhunt is underway, the neighborhood is on-guard.
The NYPD is investigating a possible hate crime after dozens of tombstones were knocked over and broken at Holy Cross Cemetery. Currents News Tim Harfmann reports from East Flatbush.
Ed Wilkinson talks to Father Chris O’Connor, pastor of St. Mary’s Winfield Parish in Woodside, Queens. He never went to church as a kid, but while serving his country in the military, he discovered something that would change his life forever.
NYC-area chapters of Life Runners kick off Lent by crossing the Brooklyn Bridge to pray the rosary in front of Planned Parenthood’s East Village clinic. Currents News Konrad Aderer follows the runners, who also pray for Irish voters to preserve their Eighth Amendment.
Prominent Catholics in Hong Kong and elsewhere are adamantly opposed to a deal thought to be imminent between the Vatican and China. Currents News Konrad Aderer talks with Father John Vesey, former missionary to China, now pastor to a large Chinese Catholic community in Flushing, Queens.