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Hannah Brockhaus

Hannah Brockhaus

Hannah Brockhaus is Catholic News Agency's senior Rome correspondent. She grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and has a degree in English from Truman State University in Missouri.

Pope Francis with Tawadros II, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, in Cairo, Egypt, April 28, 2017. | L'Osservatore Romano.

Pope Francis, Tawadros II to Mark 50 Years of Renewed Catholic-Coptic Orthodox Relations

The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Pope Tawadros II, will celebrate a liturgy in the Papal Basilica...

In his address to a Catholic university in Hungary on April 30, 2023, Pope Francis spoke about the false freedoms offered by both communism and consumerism, and encouraged people to seek out Christ’s truth. | Vatican News

Pope Francis Says Traditional Latin Mass was Being Used in an Ideological Way

Pope Francis said he implemented one of the changes of Traditionis custodes, the 2021 motu proprio restricting the celebration of the...

A new Swiss Guard swears to protect the pope, even sacrificing his life if necessary, during a ceremony on May 6, 2023. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA

6 Things to Know about the Swiss Guard and its Swearing-in Ceremony

A group of new Swiss Guard recruits officially joined the ranks after swearing to “faithfully, loyally and honorably serve the...

Bishop Robert Francis Prevost was named prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops on Jan. 30, 2023. | Credit: Frayjhonattan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vatican’s New Bishops’ Prefect Shares His "portrait of a bishop"

A bishop should nurture closeness to Christ, share the beauty of the faith, use social media wisely, and have a...

Pope Francis meets with the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors in an audience May 5, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Invites Child Protection Group to have "a spirituality of reparation"

Pope Francis invited the Vatican’s child protection commission to have “a spirituality of reparation” toward victims of clergy sexual abuse...

Pope Francis greets His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Wales at the canonization of St. John Henry Newman at the Vatican on Oct. 13, 2019. | Vatican Media

Vatican to Send Representative of Pope Francis to British Coronation

The Vatican’s secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, will represent Pope Francis at the coronation of King Charles III on...

A screenshot from Pope Francis' May 4 video message to young people attending World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. | Vatican Media

"See you in Lisbon," Pope Francis Shares Message 3 Months Before World Youth Day 2023

Pope Francis has sent a video message to the teens and young adults preparing to attend World Youth Day in...

Father Dario E. Viganò, president of the MAC Foundation, shares about the foundation in a May 2, 2023, presentation at the Vatican’ Apostolic Library | Credit: Father Dario E. Viganò

Italian Foundation Aims to Preserve and Share Catholic Audiovisual Heritage

Unveiled this week, an Italian foundation aims to both preserve and give better access to the audiovisual heritage of the...

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Pope Francis Praises NFP Method as "valuable tool" for Married Couples

Pope Francis has praised the Billings method of natural family planning as “a valuable tool” for married couples that also...

In his address to a Catholic university in Hungary on April 30, 2023, Pope Francis spoke about the false freedoms offered by both communism and consumerism, and encouraged people to seek out Christ’s truth. | Vatican News

Pope warns of Technological Domination, Threat to Human Ecology at University in Hungary

Speaking at a Catholic university in Hungary on Sunday, Pope Francis warned of the risk of technological domination and the...

Pope Francis takes questions from the media aboard the papal flight from Hungary to Rome April 30, 2023. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis Says He Did not Lose Consciousness Before Hospitalization in March

Pope Francis said on board the papal plane on Sunday that he did not lose consciousness before his hospitalization at...

Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal meets Pope Francis in a private, 30-minute encounter at the Vatican on the morning of April 27, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Asks Pope Francis to Help Bring Back Children Taken to Russia

Ukraine’s prime minister told journalists Thursday that he has asked Pope Francis for help getting back children forcibly deported to...

Pope Francis smiles with two religious sisters during his general audience on Jan. 11, 2023 | Vatican Media

"There is no vocation without mission": Pope Francis

In his message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2023, Pope Francis said God’s call to a particular...

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Laypeople to Vote in Synod on Synodality Assembly: Vatican

The Vatican announced Wednesday that there will be laypeople participating as voting members in the Synod on Synodality’s October assembly,...

Pope Francis tries some maté, Argentina’s national drink, at his general audience on April 5, 2023. | Vatican Media

Pope Francis Says He Wants to Visit His Native Country, Argentina, in 2024

Pope Francis has said he would like to visit his home country of Argentina in 2024.

Pope Francis prayed the Regina Caeli in St. Peter's Square on April 23, 2023. | Vatican Media

Pope Francis: "Tell Jesus everything"

Pope Francis recommended making an examination of conscience at the end of each day as a way to invite Jesus...

Pope Francis meets members of the Papal Foundation in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, April 28, 2022. | Vatican Media.

Papal Foundation Visits Rome, Marks 35 Years and $200 Million in Donations to the Poor

The Papal Foundation, a U.S.-based organization that provides funding for Catholic projects around the world, is in Rome this week...

Pope Francis' general audience of April 19, 2023. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis: "Every Christian is called to the witness of life"

Even when not called to the particular grace of martyrdom, every Christian is called to testify to Christ through his...

Pope Francis meets participants in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches at the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, Feb. 18, 2022 | Vatican Media

Pope Francis Introduces Voting Age Limit for Bishops of Eastern Catholic Churches

On Monday Pope Francis introduced a limit of 80 years of age for retired bishops and patriarchs in the Eastern...

Pope Francis delivered an address before praying the Regina Caeli on Divine Mercy Sunday April 16, 2023. | Vatican Media

Pope Francis: Jesus is Found in the Community of the Catholic Church

Despite its failures and imperfection, within the community of the Church is where one finds Jesus, Pope Francis said on...