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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 Benedict XVI greets the pilgrims during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 26, 2006. | giulio napolitano / Shutterstock

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s Condition Serious but Stable: Vatican

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s condition is serious but stable, the Vatican said on Thursday.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI greets Colombian Cardinal Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal at the retired pope's Vatican residence on Aug. 27, 2022. | Screenshot from EWTN video

Vatican Shares Prayer for Benedict XVI’s Health

The Vatican’s news service posted a prayer for the health of Benedict XVI on Wednesday, after Pope Francis asked Catholics...

Pope Francis visits Benedict XVI on Aug. 27th, 2022 | Vatican Media

Pray for a "very ill" Benedict XVI: Pope Francis

Pope Francis on Wednesday asked for prayers for a “very ill” Benedict XVI.

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Nov. 9, 2022 | Rome's Secretariat of the Major Archbishop of the Greek Catholic Church

Benedict XVI Under Medication As Health Takes Sudden Turn: Vatican

The Vatican confirmed Wednesday that pope emeritus Benedict XVI has experienced a sudden decline in his health, but is stable...

Christmas Mass in St. Peter's Basilica Dec. 24, 2022. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis on Christmas: The Manger is a Sign that God is with us and Loves us

A manger, the Christ Child’s first resting place, can teach us a lot about the meaning of Christmas, Pope Francis...

Pope Francis celebrated his 86th birthday with the Missionaries of Charity, honoring three people who care for “the poorest of the poor” with the Mother Teresa Award on Dec. 17, 2022. | Vatican Media

4 Things to Know About Pope Francis on his 86th Birthday

“There is only one thing that really makes us age, grow old interiorly: not age, but sin,” Pope Francis said...

Pope Francis gives his Angelus address on Dec. 18, 2022 | Vatican Media.

Pope Francis: St. Joseph Shows us How to Respond to disappointed Dreams

St. Joseph shows us how to “welcome surprises” when things do not go the way we expected, Pope Francis said...

Pope Francis speaking at the general audience at the Vatican, Dec. 14, 2022 | Daniel Ibáñez / CNA

Pope Francis: Remain Vigilant Against Pride and "well-mannered demons"

Pope Francis encouraged Christians Wednesday to be vigilant against spiritual pride and the temptations of “well-mannered demons.”

Pope Francis arriving at the general audience at the Vatican, Dec. 14, 2022 | Daniel Ibáñez / CNA

This is Why Pope Francis Wants You to Spend Less Money this Christmas

Pope Francis is inviting everyone to have “a more humble Christmas” this year.

Pope Francis celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Dec. 12, 2022, to mark the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas and the unborn. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: Our Lady of Guadalupe "wants to stay with us"

Pope Francis celebrated Mass in Spanish in St. Peter’s Basilica Dec. 12 to mark the feast of Our Lady of...

Pope Francis at his Angelus address at the Vatican, Dec. 11, 2022. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis to Ask Heads of State to Pardon Prisoners as Christmas Gesture

Pope Francis will send a letter to the world’s heads of state asking them to pardon prisoners, the Vatican announced...

Pope Francis gives his weekly Angelus address on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. | Vatican Media

Pope Francis Concerned About Deadly Clashes in South Sudan

Pope Francis said Sunday he is concerned about recent deadly clashes in the northern part of South Sudan.

Winter in Kyiv, Ukraine (2018) | Viktor Bystrov / Unsplah (CC0)

Vatican Holds Thermal Shirt Drive for Ukraine

The Vatican’s charity office is holding a drive to collect thermal shirts for people in Ukraine as they face an...

Pope Francis gives his Angelus address on Dec. 26, 2021. | Credit: Vatican Media.

It’s Never Too Late to Begin Again: Pope Francis

St. John the Baptist reminds us that Advent is a privileged time to turn back toward God — something it...

Pilgrims from China greets Pope Francis during his general weekly audience in St. Peter's Square on May 22, 2019, at the Vatican. | Photo by Alessandra Benedetti - Corbis/Corbis News

Pope Francis Says Dialogue “slow,” But Only Way Forward with China

In a new interview with America Magazine, Pope Francis said the Vatican-China deal has had both failures and successes, but...

Pope Francis meets with the United States bishops at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, D.C., Sept. 23, 2015. | L'Osservatore Romano.

“Jesus did not create Bishops’ conferences”: Pope Francis

Pope Francis has emphasized the difference between bishops’ conferences and bishops in a new interview with America Magazine.

Pope Francis gives his weekly Angelus address on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. | Vatican Media

"Violence kills the future": Pope Francis on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict after 2 Boys Die

Pope Francis has spoken out against violence in the Holy Land, after one teenager died in a blast in Jerusalem...

Cardinal Robert Sarah | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Guinean Cardinal Says "Religious liberty is under threat in the West, too"

Christians in the West should not take religious liberty and freedom of worship for granted, Cardinal Robert Sarah said in...

Pope Francis at the Angelus 27 November 2022. | Vatican Media.

Pope Francis: God is Present "in everyday things"

It is good to remember that God is present to us even in the small, everyday events of our lives,...

Pope Francis | Daniel Ibáñez / CNA

Pope Francis Says this is the Difference Between Theologians and Catechists

Pope Francis on Thursday distinguished between how catechists and theologians interact with Church teaching.