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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.

Father Dario Vitali speaks at the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican, Oct. 18, 2023. | Credit: Screenshot/Vatican Media YouTube

Synod on Synodality Asked to "rethink the whole Church" According to Synodality

The next stage of the Synod on Synodality opened Wednesday with a call to focus on authority, decentralization, and the...

“As a woman, I’m not focused at all on the fact that I’m not a priest,” Renée Köhler-Ryan, one of 54 women delegates to the Synod on Synodality, said at a press briefing Oct. 17, 2023. | Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

There’s "too much emphasis" on Women Priests: Theologian at Synod on Synodality

“As a woman, I’m not focused at all on the fact that I’m not a priest,” Renée Köhler-Ryan said at...

St. Thérèse of Lisieux. | Credit: Public domain

Pope Francis Highlights "little greatness" of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in Apostolic Letter

St. Thérèse of Lisieux, also called “The Little Flower,” was a French Carmelite nun who died in 1897 from tuberculosis...

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, OFM Cap., was the main celebrant of a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for synod participants on Oct. 13. | Credit: Vatican Media

The Devil “wants to see us divided,” SECAM President Says at Synod on Synodality Mass

“If we have the courage to look at our current reality as a Church, it won’t be hard to see...

Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda, Cameroon, said at an Oct. 12 briefing that the Synod on Synodality is “a chance for the voice of Africa to be heard.” | Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Africa, Oceania Delegates Say Synod on Synodality their Turn to Speak

Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda, Cameroon, said at an Oct. 12 briefing that the Synod on Synodality is “a...

Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 6, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis has Lunch with Rome’s Poor Who Tell him "what they expect from the Church"

Like the synod assembly participants, the lunch guests were asked “what they expect from the Church,” Paolo Ruffini told journalists...

Delegates at the Synod on Synodality participate in small-group round table discussions Oct. 9, 2023. | Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican Safeguarding Group Calls on Synod on Synodality to Address Abuse in the Church

The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors has called on the synod to discuss sexual abuse this month.

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Pope Francis Calls Gaza Priest as Israel Announces Blockade

The pope called Father Gabriel Romanelli, pastor of Holy Family Church, the only Catholic Church in Gaza City and in...

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich (left), relator general of the Synod on Synodality, and Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary general of the Synod, at the Oct. 9, 2023, general congregation. | Credit: Vatican Media

Synod on Synodality Asks Members to Foster Communion with the Marginalized

“All are invited to be part of the Church,” Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich said at the start of the Oct. 9...

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FACT CHECK: Did 118 Participants at the Synod on Synodality Really Come Down with COVID?

After consulting doctors, Cardinal Mario Grech said there was no reason to be alarmed about the spread of COVID at...

Pope Francis waves from a window of the Apostolic Palace during his weekly Sunday address and Angelus on Oct. 8, 2023. He spoke about the importance of having gratitude for the gifts one has received, especially the gifts of life and faith from God. | Vatican Media.

Pope Francis: Do not Forget Your Life and Faith are a Gift from God

Do not forget to be grateful to God for the free gift of your life and faith, Pope Francis said...

Pope Francis prays during a general audience in St. Peter's Square on Sept. 20, 2023. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, patriarch of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, celebrates Easter Sunday Mass at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on April 4, 2021. | Credit: (L) Daniel Ibanez/CNA. (R) Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Pope Francis, Jerusalem Patriarch React to Violence Between Israel and Hamas

The pope issued an appeal Sunday to “please stop weapons attacks!”

The Synod on Synodality convened on Wednesday, Oct 4, 2023. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

What is Being Discussed During the First Week of the Synod on Synodality?

During the first full day of work Oct. 5, participants met in small groups of about 12 people where they...

Synod on Synodality delegates in small groups listen to Pope Francis' guidance for the upcoming weeks on Oct. 4, 2023. | Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Pope Francis to Synod on Synodality Participants: "Do not sadden the Holy Spirit"

Pointing synod delegates to texts by St. Basil on the Holy Spirit, the pope emphasized the importance of listening over...

Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals from across the world at the Saturday morning, Sept. 30, 2023, consistory in St. Peter’s Square. | Credit: Vatican Media

Here’s what the Church’s Newest Cardinals Think About the Synod on Synodality

Six cardinals who are participating in this month’s Synod on Synodality — and five who are not — told CNA...

The Sept. 30 prayer service, called “Together,” which was organized by the ecumenical community Taizé, included eight minutes of silence for personal prayer. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Calls Silence "essential" at Prayer Vigil for Synod on Synodality

Pope Francis told those gathered at an ecumenical prayer vigil days before the opening of the Synod on Synodality that...

Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals for the Catholic Church on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. The men, whose ages range from 49 to 96, come from 15 different countries and five continents. | Vatican Media

We Asked the New Cardinals: How Should the Church Evangelize the World Today?

Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals for the Catholic Church on Saturday. The men, whose ages range from 49 to...

Pope Francis smiles during his general audience in St. Peter's Square Sept. 27, 2023. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Europe Needs Hope, Pope Francis Says

To deal properly with the crises it faces, Europe must first have hope, Pope Francis said Wednesday at his weekly...

Pope Francis meets with Latin American university rectors on Sept. 21, 2023, at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis’ Next Environmental Document to be Called "Laudate Deum"

Pope Francis’ new document on the environment will be, he said, “a look at what has happened and say what...

Pope Francis celebrates Mass for an estimated 50,000 people at the Vélodrome Stadium in Marseille, France, the last stop in his Sept. 22-23, 2023 visit to the port city to speak at an ecumenical meeting of young people and bishops called the “Rencontres Mediterraneennes,” or Mediterranean Encounter. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis: Be Christians Who "leap for joy" in the Face of Life

Pope Francis told those gathered Saturday at a Mass in Marseille, France, to be Christians who “leap for joy” in...