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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.

The Vatican Museums. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Vatican Museums Announce New Hours, Ticket Price, and Entrance

The museums have announced a series of novelties beginning both this month and after the new year, in anticipation of...

Pope Francis meets with the leaders of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem at the Vatican on Nov. 9, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Laments "innocent dead" in Holy Land Conflict

The Holy Father made the remarks during a meeting Thursday with a Catholic order of knighthood that supports the Holy...

A baptismal font in St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, Austria. | Bwag via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Vatican Doctrine Office: Transgender-identifying People Can be Baptized, Witness Marriages

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued the document in response to questions from a Brazilian bishop.

COP28 logo. | Credit: rafapress/Shutterstock

Vatican Joins Interfaith Declaration on Fighting Climate Change

The Holy See has signed an interfaith declaration on taking action to protect the environment during a religious summit held...

Pope Francis shakes hands with one of the approximately 7,000 children from around the world in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Nov. 6, 2023, at an event sponsored by the Dicastery for Culture and Education dedicated to the theme “Let us learn from boys and girls.” | Credit: Vatican Media

In Special Meeting, Pope Francis Talks Peace, War, Climate with Kids from around the World

Pope Francis answered questions about war, the environment, and his daily life during an encounter with roughly 7,000 children from...

Pope Francis speaks with the Conference of European Rabbis at the Vatican on Nov. 6, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Keeps Busy Schedule Despite Feeling "not well"

Pope Francis is continuing to keep a full schedule even as the Holy Father said he was not feeling well...

Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, SJ, takes possession of his titular church in Rome, the Church of the Gesù, on Dec. 8, 2022. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Cardinal Denies Involvement in Papal Election Reform, Calling Reports "a pure lie"

Reports said Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda had been tasked by Pope Francis with drafting revisions to conclaves.

Pope Francis prayed for the repose of the souls of Pope Benedict XVI and the cardinals and bishops who died in the past year during a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on Nov. 3, 2023. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis: Like Benedict XVI, Be "humble laborers" for the Church

At a Mass for Pope Benedict XVI and deceased cardinals and bishops on Friday, Pope Francis urged Christians, especially pastors,...

Pope Francis presided over Mass at the Rome War Cemetery for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, All Souls' Day, on Nov. 2, 2023. | Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN/Vatican Pool

Pope Francis Prays for Peace and Hope on All Souls’ Day

Pope Francis prayed for peace, hope, and mercy at a Mass to mark All Souls’ Day on a rainy morning...

Pope Francis presides over his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Oct. 18, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis to Attend COP28 Climate Change Conference in Dubai in December

Pope Francis said in a TV interview he will travel to the United Arab Emirates for the second time from...

Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality’s closing Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 29, 2023. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis Talks Synod on Synodality and Homosexuality in New Interview

Asked about the synod assembly’s discussion of homosexuality, Pope Francis said: “When I say ‘everyone, everyone, everyone,’ [I’m speaking about]...

Pope Francis delivers his Sunday Angelus message to about 20,000 faithful in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Oct. 22, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Here is What Pope Francis is Doing for the Week of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days

At the Vatican, Pope Francis will mark this holy and significant season with prayer and two liturgies.

Delegates vote to approve a synthesis report at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 28, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

The Openness of the Synod on Synodality "will change the Church": Relator General

At the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis’ monthlong Vatican assembly, one of the meeting’s leaders said the...

Pope Francis and delegates at the Synod on Synodality at the conclusion of the assembly on Oct. 28, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

What Does the Synod on Synodality Document Say about "controversial" Issues?

The Synod on Synodality, the monthlong assembly convened by Pope Francis at the Vatican, released its final document containing the...

Catherine Clifford, a professor at St. Paul University in Ottawa, and Archbishop Stanisław Gadecki of Poland at the Synod on Synodality's Oct. 26, 2023, press briefing. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Practice Can Vary But Doctrine Has to Be "same for everyone": Synod Delegate

Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki said Thursday one difficulty of synodality lies in distinguishing pastoral practice — which can be adapted —...

Delegates to the Synod on Synodality meet in the final days of the synod, Oct. 25, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Synod on Synodality Addresses the Church in Letter to the People of God

“This is not about ideology but about an experience rooted in the apostolic tradition,” says the letter inviting the faithful...

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims in St. Peter's Square during his Angelus address on Oct. 15, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis on Women Deacons: "Holy orders is reserved for men"

Pope Francis reaffirmed the impossibility of women becoming priests, or even modern Church deacons, in an interview for a book...

Synod on Synodality delegates meet in round table discussion groups Oct. 21, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

The Synod on Synodality’s Listening "method" Comes from the Jesuits

Synod on Synodality delegates in Rome this month are participating in a “conversation in the Spirit,” a method of communal...

Australian theologian Father Ormond Rush addresses the General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 23, 2023, in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall. | Credit: Vatican Media livestream

Theologian Points to Vatican II’s "dynamic" Tradition in Synod on Synodality Speech

Tradition “was a major point of discussion at the Second Vatican Council,” Father Ormond Rush said Monday.

Paolo Ruffini, president of the synod’s communication commission (left); Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas (center); and Cardinal Michael Czerny (right) at a press briefing on Oct. 19, 2023. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez

Synod on Synodality Poses “no danger to the nature of the Church”: Cardinal Delegate

Cardinal Michael Czerny made his assessment one day after Synod delegates were presented with a theologian’s sweeping vision for the hierarchical...