Currents

The award-winning Currents News is the go-to source for news from the Catholic perspective. Currents News objectively reports on secular and non-secular news and, when appropriate, examines stories from a faith-based lens.

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Recent Episodes


Joaquin a Reminder for Belle Harbor

Joaquin a Reminder for Belle Harbor

October 2, 2015

Almost three years after Hurricane Sandy devastated the Rockaways, Currents correspondent visited St. Francis de Sales Parish in Belle Harbor, where the […]

Blessed Francis: An Example for All

Blessed Francis: An Example for All

October 2, 2015

October 5 is the feast day of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos.  Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach spoke with Father Carl Hoegerl, who was […]

Explaining Annulments

Explaining Annulments

October 2, 2015

Currents News Director Ed Wilkinson spoke with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn about the changes that Pope Francis has made to the […]

Meeting Pope Francis: A Wish Fulfilled

Meeting Pope Francis: A Wish Fulfilled

October 1, 2015

It was a wish fulfilled for Gerard Gubaton, a 27-year-old Brooklyn man who has cerebral palsy: meeting Pope Francis.  Gerard and his […]

Young Saint’s Powerful Impact

Young Saint’s Powerful Impact

October 1, 2015

Eleven-year-old Maria Goretti forgave the man who killed her for refusing his sexual advances. Maria is now a saint and her remains are […]

At the Synod: New Pastoral Strategy

At the Synod: New Pastoral Strategy

October 1, 2015

Journalist and Pope Francis biographer Austen Ivereigh is covering the Synod of Bishops on the Family for NET TV. Ahead of the […]

Brooklyn Girl Hopes Miracle Continues

Brooklyn Girl Hopes Miracle Continues

September 30, 2015

Twelve-year-old Julia Bruzzese is unable to move her legs after being struck by a mysterious illness in May.  But the seventh grader […]

Holy and Good; Also, a Sinner

Holy and Good; Also, a Sinner

September 30, 2015

In his speech to Congress, Pope Francis cited two Catholics: Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton.  For insight on why Francis spoke about […]

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