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Courtney Mares

Courtney Mares

Courtney Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic News Agency. A graduate of Harvard University, she has reported from news bureaus on three continents and was awarded the Gardner Fellowship for her work with North Korean refugees.

Pope Francis meets staff of the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life Nov. 16, 2019. Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Francis: Women’s Voices are Needed in Vatican Leadership

Pope Francis said Saturday that more women are needed in positions of leadership in the Vatican.

Pope Francis venerates the cross on Good Friday April 19, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope Francis' Message to Those Suffering 'at the foot of the cross'

Pope Francis told those who are sick and suffering Friday that the world needs their prayers.

Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square Nov. 13, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope Francis Urges Dialogue in Face of Ongoing Jihadist Violence in Burkina Faso

Pope Francis urged interreligious dialogue in Burkina Faso Wednesday as ongoing violence by jihadist groups has killed more than 750...

Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square Nov. 13, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope Francis Denounces Rise in Anti-Semitism 

Pope Francis denounced rising anti-Semitism Wednesday as an attitude that is inhumane and unchristian.

Pope Francis greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square Oct. 23, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis: Inclusive Capitalism Leaves No One Behind

Pope Francis Monday called for the renewal and purification of economic models to be fair, trustworthy, and capable of extending...

Pope Francis greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square Nov. 6, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis: St. Paul Announced Christ to 'idol worshippers' Without Attacking Them

St. Paul announced Jesus Christ to “idol worshippers” in Athens without attacking them, but by building bridges, Pope Francis said...

Amazonian figure at Stations of the Cross Oct. 19. Credit: ACI Group.

Austrian Man Claims he Threw 'Pachamama' Statues into the Tiber

In a video uploaded on YouTube Nov. 4, a young man from Austria claims that he was one of the...

Pope Francis greets Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarch Abune Mathias Feb. 29, 2016. Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Francis Asks for Prayer for Persecuted Christians in Ethiopia

Pope Francis Sunday asked for prayer for persecuted Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia, who have been targeted in ongoing ethnic clashes...

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims outside the Shrine of the Holy House of Loreto on March 25, 2019. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA.

Pope Francis Adds Feast of Our Lady of Loreto to Roman Calendar

Pope Francis has decreed that the feast of Our Lady of Loreto be included in the Roman Calendar as an...

Bishop Paul Mason of the UK Armed Forces (L) and Bishop Santiago Olivera of the Argentine Armed Forces hold statues of Our Lady of Lujan in St. Peter's Square, Oct 30, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

British military bishop returns Marian statue taken during Falklands War

In a conciliatory gesture 37 years after the Falklands War, military bishops from Great Britain and Argentina exchanged statues of...

Bishop Paul Mason of the UK Armed Forces (L) and Bishop Santiago Olivera of the Argentine Armed Forces hold statues of Our Lady of Lujan in St. Peter's Square, Oct 30, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

British Military Bishop Returns Marian Statue taken during Falklands War

In a conciliatory gesture 37 years after the Falklands War, military bishops from Great Britain and Argentina exchanged statues of...

Pope Francis with a new crosier for the Amazon synod closing Mass Oct. 27, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope Francis decries ‘predatory models of development’ in Amazon synod closing Mass

Pope Francis denounced exploitation and “predatory models of development” that plunder the poor and wound “sister earth” in the Amazon...

Pope Francis speaks at the general audience Oct. 23, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis: Synodality Brought Pagans to 'reject idolatry'

Pope Francis said Wednesday that the first Christian evangelization of the pagans opened up “a very lively controversy” as the...

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Cardinal Turkson Says Ordination of Married Men May be Subject of Further Study 

Cardinal Peter Turkson said Monday that the ordination of married men will likely be the subject of further study for...

A 2019 meeting in the Vatican's New Synod Hall. Credit: Vatican Media.

Amazon Synod Discussion Groups Support Married Priests, Female Deacons

At least four of the 12 language groups at the Amazon synod overtly propose the ordination of married men to...

Banners of those to be canonized Oct. 13 at St. Peter's Square. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

These are the Four Women Being Canonized with John Henry Newman

Pope Francis will canonize four women alongside John Henry Newman this Sunday. These women -- a stigmatist, a mystic, a...

Banners of those to be canonized Oct. 13 at St. Peter's Square. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

These are the four women being canonized with John Henry Newman

Pope Francis will canonize four women alongside John Henry Newman this Sunday. These women -- a stigmatist, a mystic, a...

Banners of those to be canonized Oct. 13 at St. Peter's Square. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

These are the four women being canonized with John Henry Newman

Pope Francis will canonize four women alongside John Henry Newman this Sunday. These women -- a stigmatist, a mystic, a...

Banners of those to be canonized Oct. 13 at St. Peter's Square. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

These are the Four Women being Canonized with John Henry Newman

Pope Francis will canonize four women alongside John Henry Newman this Sunday. These women -- a stigmatist, a mystic, a...

Pope Francis places the red biretta on Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot Oct. 5, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope Francis urges new cardinals to imitate Christ’s compassionate heart

Pope Francis created 13 new cardinals Saturday, encouraging each of them to ask for the grace to have a compassionate...