With Public Nativities, Brooklyn Catholics Keep Christ in Christmas
December 3, 2019By Tim Harfmann Nativities are mostly found underneath a Christmas tree — not on a New York City sidewalk. But one in […]
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Currents News for Monday, December 2, 2019
December 2, 2019On the newscast: The Bishops of New Jersey and Pennsylvania are back from their Ad Limina visit with the Pope. One of […]
U.S. Bishops Ask Vatican to Release McCarrick Report
December 2, 2019By Tim Harfmann A contingent of U.S. bishops spent their Thanksgiving Day with Pope Francis. A group picture showed the bishops from […]
Gospel Artist Becomes First Violinist to Perform at Sistine Chapel
December 2, 2019By Melissa Butz A small-town farm girl from Manitoba, Canada, and her 300-year-old violin, which was part of King Louis XVI’s orchestra, […]
Bishop Caggiano Named Chairman of Catholic Relief Services Board
December 2, 2019BALTIMORE (Catholic News Service) — Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Bridgeport, Connecticut, is the new chairman of the board of Catholic Relief […]
Pope Francis Visits Greccio to Sign Letter on Nativity Scene Tradition
December 2, 2019Currents News Staff Pope Francis visited the Franciscan shrine in Greccio on Dec. 1. It is the place where, in the thirteenth […]
Impeachment Hearings Continue as Trump Heads to NATO
December 2, 2019Currents News Staff President Trump and his lawyers declined an invitation to take part in the House’s impeachment hearing this week. They […]
Currents News for Wednesday, November 27, 2019
November 27, 2019On the newscast: A massive fireball – after an explosion in Texas this Thanksgiving eve. There are injuries and evacuations. We’ll have […]
Queens Catholic Students Make Sandwiches for the Homeless
November 27, 2019By Tim Harfmann There were assembly lines of Catholic academy students spreading kindness before Thanksgiving this morning at Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy. […]
Boys Deliver Plants to Terminally Ill Patients
November 27, 2019By Emily Drooby Once a month Sebastian Leipold puts a smile on hospital patients faces by gifting them Venus flytraps. “I feel […]