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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.

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...

Pope Francis at the Wednesday general audience on Dec. 28, 2022. | Vatican Media.

Pope Francis Asks for Prayers for Sudan as Military Factions Battle for Control

Pope Francis asked people to pray for Sudan on Sunday, that the country’s rival military factions might lay down their...

Pope Francis delivered a brief message before reciting the Regina Caeli prayer on Easter Monday, April 10, 2023. | Vatican Media

Pope Francis: Share the Good News of Christ’s Resurrection with Others

Pope Francis encouraged Christians to not be held back by fear of judgment, but to share the good news of...

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"The most important and beautiful day of history": Pope Francis on Easter 2023

Pope Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday 2023, before giving the traditional Urbi et Orbi...

Pope Francis washes the feet of 12 young men and women, inmates at Casal del Marmo juvenile detention center on Rome’s outskirts, during a Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Thursday, April 6, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Washes Feet of Young Inmates on Holy Thursday 2023

Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 young men and women, inmates at a juvenile prison in Rome, during a...

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus reflection from the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City on March 26, 2023. | Vatican Media

Pope Francis Revises the Penal Law of the Eastern Catholic Churches

Pope Francis on Wednesday revised parts of the penal law of the Eastern Catholic Churches.

The installation ceremony of Bishop John Peng Weizhao in Nanchang, China, on Nov. 24, 2022. | Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association

Report: Chinese Bishop Appointed to Shanghai Without Vatican Approval

A Chinese bishop was installed Tuesday as the bishop of Shanghai without the Vatican’s approval, according to Asia News.

Pope Francis meets with executives and employees of the Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale, Italy's main welfare agency, April 3, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Tells Italian Welfare Agency Not to Forget Foreign Workers

Pope Francis has urged Italy’s main welfare agency not to forget the contribution of foreign workers.

Pope Francis greets religious sisters at the end of his general audience on Aug. 10, 2022. | Vatican Media

Pope Francis Extends Time to Appeal Dismissal from Consecrated Life

Pope Francis amended canon law on Monday to give members of institutes of consecrated life more time to appeal a...

Pope Francis presided over Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square on April 2, 2023. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis on Palm Sunday 2023: Lost, Confused, Forgotten? Jesus is with You

On Palm Sunday, Pope Francis said Jesus voluntarily took on the pain and abandonment of his Passion and Crucifixion so...