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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.

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Report: Christian Persecution at its Highest Point in 30 years

The persecution of Christians is at its highest point in three decades, according to the latest report from advocacy group...

Cardinal George Pell's coffin in front of some of the cardinals who concelebrated his funeral Mass on Jan. 14, 2023 | Alan Koppschall/CNA

"A man of the Church": Cardinal George Pell’s Funeral Celebrated at Vatican

Catholics traveled from near and far to attend the funeral Mass of Cardinal George Pell in St. Peter’s Basilica on...

Cardinal George Pell gives an interview to EWTN News at his home in Rome in December 2020. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Cardinal George Pell’s Final Years in Rome

Cardinal George Pell arrived in Rome on Sept. 30, 2020, in the midst of Vatican financial scandals and the immediate...

Cardinal George Pell leads Eucharistic adoration and a Eucharistic procession at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum) in Rome on May 18, 2021. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Funeral of Cardinal George Pell to be at Vatican on Saturday

The funeral Mass of Cardinal George Pell will be held in St. Peter’s Basilica at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan....

Pope Francis stops to pray before an image of Our Lady and the Child Jesus during his weekly general audience on Jan. 11, 2023. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis: We Don’t Have to be Perfect to Evangelize

We do not have to be perfect already to live in a way that gives witness to Christ and attracts...

Pope Francis receives Cardinal George Pell in a private audience at the Vatican Oct. 12, 2020. | Vatican Media.

Pope Francis Praises Cardinal George Pell’s Dedication to the Church

Pope Francis has praised the witness, dedication, and faith of Cardinal George Pell, who died in Rome on Tuesday at...

Pope Francis blesses a young woman during a general audience in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall in December 2022. | Vatican Media.

Pope Francis: Vulnerability Threatens the "culture of efficiency"

Sickness and vulnerability is scary because it is a threat to the culture of efficiency, Pope Francis said on Tuesday...

Pope Francis delivers the Angelus address for the Solemnity of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, 2023. | Vatican Media

Pope Francis Reorganizes Diocese of Rome in Face of "epochal change"

Pope Francis on Friday issued a document reorganizing the Vicariate of Rome in what he called a time of “epochal...

The coffin of Pope Benedict XVI is prepared for interment in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica on Jan. 5, 2023. | Vatican Media

How to Visit the Tomb of Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI was buried in the crypt under St. Peter’s Basilica after his funeral Mass on Jan. 5.

Benedict XVI’s coffin exits St. Peter’s Basilica beneath an image of Christ’s resurrection on the morning of his funeral Jan. 5, 2022 | Evandro Inetti/CNA

The Story Behind the Image Hanging at Benedict XVI’s Funeral

A large banner of the resurrection of Christ provided the decorative backdrop to the altar during Benedict XVI’s funeral on...

Pope Benedict XVI's coffin is carried in St. Peter's Basilica on Jan. 5, 2023. | Vatican Media

PHOTOS: Benedict XVI Laid to Rest in Private Ceremony

Benedict XVI was buried in the Vatican on Thursday in a strictly private ceremony.

Pope Francis gives his message during the weekly general audience in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall on Jan. 4, 2023 | Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Benedict XVI Brought us to "encounter with Jesus": Pope Francis

Benedict XVI “always wanted to accompany us in the encounter with Jesus,” Pope Francis said at the start of his...

A table dedicated to Benedict XVI in his favorite Rome restaurant, Cantina Tirolese. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

"Flavors of home": Benedict XVI’s favorite restaurant in Rome

The personnel of Cantina Tirolese in Rome will pay their final respects to Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Basilica on...

Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict embrace each other at the Vatican's Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, June 30, 2015. | L'Osservatore Romano.

The Relationship Between Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis

In the first hours after his election on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis thought of his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict...

The coffin of Pope Benedict XVI is prepared for interment in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica on Jan. 5, 2023. | Vatican Media

Benedict XVI to be Buried in First Tomb of Pope John Paul II

Benedict XVI will be interred in the Vatican crypt in the same spot where Pope John Paul II was buried...

Juan Luis Tron (second from left) and Maria Magdalene Baca (second from right) together with other young people from the Regnum Christi movement wait outside St. Peter's Basilica on Jan. 2, 2023, to pay their respects to the late Pope Benedict XVI, who died Dec. 31, 2022. Hannah Brockhaus / CNA

"We love Benedict" Catholics Flock to the Vatican to Say Goodbye to Benedict XVI

Approximately 40,000 people visited Benedict XVI in the first five hours he was lying in state on Monday, according to...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI | Vatican Media

Funeral Mass of Benedict XVI to be Held Jan. 5

The Vatican announced Saturday that the funeral Mass of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will take place at 9:30 a.m. on...

The coffin of Pope Benedict XVI is prepared for interment in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica on Jan. 5, 2023. | Vatican Media

Benedict XVI’s Final Resting Place Decided: He will be Buried in Vatican Crypt

Benedict XVI will be buried in the crypt under St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said Saturday afternoon.

Pope Benedict XVI at World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany in 2005. | Vatican Media

PHOTOS: Key Moments from Benedict XVI’s Papacy

Pope Benedict XVI’s papacy as told through photos.

Cardinal Angelo De Donatis | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Rome Diocese to Offer Mass for Benedict XVI

The Diocese of Rome will offer a special Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the Basilica of St. John...