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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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Catholic Sister Killed in Satanic Ritual Declared a Martyr

Pope Francis declared Friday that an Italian religious sister killed by three teenage girls in a Satanic sacrifice was a...

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Pope Francis Names Lay Finance Expert as Secretary of Vatican ‘central bank’

Pope Francis Monday appointed Fabio Gasperini, an Italian financial adviser working at Ernst and Young, to the second-ranking position at...

Pope Francis. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis Starts Fund of 1 million Euros for Rome’s Unemployed after Coronavirus

As Bishop of Rome, Pope Francis has started a fund with 1 million euros ($1.1 million) to help those in...

Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Catholics Should be “sign of unity” in a Divided Society: Vatican cardinal

The Catholic Church cannot be an authentic witness to unity in diversity if it only mirrors the divisions found in...

Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square Feb. 26, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

The Trinity is Saving Love for a Broken World: Pope Francis

The Holy Trinity is saving love in a world filled with corruption, evil, and the sinfulness of men and women,...

People pass in front of St. Peter's Basilica at the end of May. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Vatican: No Active Coronavirus Cases among Employees

The Vatican said Saturday the city state no longer has any active positive cases among employees, after a 12th person...

Documents from the Pontificate of Pius XII released by the Vatican Apostolic Archive. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

After 12 Weeks, Vatican Archives to Reopen to Researchers June 1

The Vatican Apostolic Archive will reopen to researchers June 1 after closing for 12 weeks due to Italy’s coronavirus lockdown.

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Pope Francis to Canonize French Missionary Blessed Charles de Foucauld

The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood causes of 14 men and women, including Bl. Charles...

Pope Francis speaks at a general audience in the apostolic library. Credit: Vatican Media

"Prayer is a refuge and protection against the evil of the world": Pope Francis

Prayer is a refuge and protection against the evil of the world, Pope Francis said in his general audience address...

António Guterres, the U.N. Secretary-General since 2017. Credit: OEA OAS via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

UN Chief Says COVID-19 Should Inspire "new unity and solidarity"

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said Tuesday the world needs a response to the coronavirus pandemic based on the protection of...

Pope Francis at the general audience March 14, 2018. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope Francis Remembers 25 Years of 'Ut unum sint,' John Paul II's Letter on Ecumenism

Pope Francis Monday remembered Ut unum sint, St. Pope John Paul II’s encyclical on ecumenism, on the 25th anniversary of...

Pope Francis prays before Our Lady of Fatima May 13, 2015. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope Francis, Catholic Shrines to Offer Rosary for Mary’s Help During Pandemic

Pope Francis will pray the rosary in the Vatican Gardens’ Lourdes grotto on Saturday, as Catholic shrines from around the...

Pope Francis. Credit: Vatican Media

Missions Should Facilitate Encounter with Christ, Not Complicate It, Pope Francis Says

Missionary work is a cooperation with the Holy Spirit to bring people to Christ; it does not benefit from overcomplicated...

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Pope Francis Moves Financial Records Office Under Secretariat for Economy

Pope Francis Wednesday moved the office of the Vatican’s financial records database under the management of the Secretariat for the...

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Vatican to Mark 5th Anniversary of Laudato si’ With Year-long Celebration

The Vatican will on May 24 launch a year-long celebration of Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical Laudato si’ to mark its...

Cardinal Michael Czerny, undersecretary of the migrants and refugees section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Credit: Pablo Esparza/CNA.

Immigrants are Essential, COVID-19 Shows: Vatican-based Jesuit Cardinal

The emergency caused by coronavirus has made the situation of many vulnerable people even more precarious; it has also highlighted...

Pope Francis waves from a window of the apostolic palace May 10, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media.

St. John Paul II is Remembered With 'affection and gratitude': Pope Francis

Pope Francis Sunday recalled the 100th anniversary of the birth of St. Pope John Paul II, saying his predecessor is...

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Vatican Calls Attention to Growing Food Crisis From Coronavirus

The coronavirus emergency is also causing a food-related crisis, Vatican officials said Saturday, encouraging people to do their small part...

Pope Francis during Mass in the Casa Santa Marta May 16, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Francis: The Antidote to Worldliness is Christ

The only cure for worldliness is faith in Jesus Christ and in his death and resurrection, Pope Francis said at...

A worker cleanses St. Peter's Basilica ahead of its reopening. Credit: Vatican Media (all photos)

St. Peter’s Basilica is Sanitized Ahead of Reopening to Public

Ahead of its eventual reopening to the public, St. Peter’s Basilica is being cleaned and sanitized at the direction of...