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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.

Leonardo Donno and Moreno il Biondo in action during the Charity Soccer Match "Partita del Cuore" on July 15, 2025 in L'Aquila, Italy. / Credit: Antonio Masiello/Getty Images

Pope Leo XIV Cheers on Charity Soccer Match for Children from War Zones

Pope Leo XIV encouraged encounter and unity in a message to the players and spectators of a soccer game to...

Pope Leo XIV waves as he enters Liberty Square in Castel Gandolfo to give his first public Angelus address from the lakeside town 18 miles southeast of Rome on July 13, 2025. / Credit: Stefano Costantino/EWTN News

At First Angelus from Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV Greeted by International Crowd

Pope Leo XIV prayed the Angelus on Sunday, July 13, 2025, from Castel Gandolfo, where he is taking a two-week...

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches “to the heights.” / Credit: Public domain

Incorrupt Body of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati To Be in Rome for July 26 – August 4 Youth Jubilee

The coffin holding the incorrupt body of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be in Rome for veneration during the Jubilee...

Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ (right), leads a press conference announcing the Mass for the Care of Creation at the Vatican on Thursday, July 3, 2025. / Credit: Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Vatican Hopes New Mass Prayers Will Renew Care for God’s Creation

The “Mass for the Care of Creation,” inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, has prayers and Mass readings designed...

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar. / Credit: François-Régis Salefran CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

Cardinal Ambongo: Opposition to Same-sex Blessings Not "African exception"

“The position taken by Africa was also the position of so many bishops here in Europe. It’s not just an...

Pope Leo XIV speaks to bishops gathered for the Jubilee of Bishops on June 25, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Be "firm and decisive" in Dealing with Scandal, Sexual Abuse: Pope Leo XIV to Bishop Pilgrims at Vatican

Speaking to over 400 bishops from 38 countries in St. Peter’s Basilica, the pope also emphasized the importance of poverty...

Director Dallas Jenkins (left) and Jonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus in the wildly successful TV series “The Chosen,” speak with journalists during a press conference on June 23, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

"The Chosen" Cast Visits Vatican After Filming Crucifixion Scenes in Italy

Jonathan Roumie, castmates from “The Chosen,” and director Dallas Jenkins are at the Vatican this week after wrapping up three...

Pope Leo XIV meets with priests of Rome in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Thursday, June 12, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome’s Priests Look for Leadership from Their New Bishop, Pope Leo XIV

“We are very hopeful; you perceive a lot of enthusiasm, anyway, whether from brother priests or from the people of...

At his first general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 21, 2025, Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace and the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, where, he said, children and elderly are suffering. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV Appeals for End to Hostilities in Gaza in First General Audience

Pope Leo XIV in the first general audience of his pontificate appealed for an end to hostilities in the Gaza...

Pope Leo XIV smiles during his first general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 21, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV to Meet Cardinals at Consistory to Approve Canonizations

Pope Francis had called for the consistory in late February, when he was in the hospital, but the date was...

Italian Cardinal Baldassare Reina was created a cardinal by Pope Francis during the consistory at St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 7, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

In First Personnel Appointments, Pope Leo XIV Replaces Chancellor of Rome's John Paul II Marriage, Family Institute

Pope Leo XIV on Monday named Cardinal Baldassare Reina grand chancellor of the Pontifical Theological Institute John Paul II for...

Pope Leo XIV waves during the inaugural Mass of his pontificate, held in St. Peter’s Square on May 18, 2025. He stands in front of a Flemish tapestry depicting the dialogue between Jesus and Peter after the miraculous catch of fish. / Credit: Vatican Media

A Papacy Begins: Pope Leo XIV Calls for United Church at His Inauguration Eucharistic Celebration

Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff, began his papacy with a richly-symbolic inaugural Mass, celebrated at the Vatican before...

Pope Leo XIV speaks to participants in the Jubilee of Eastern Churches on May 14, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Urges Eastern Catholics Not to Abandon War-torn Lands

“I thank God for those Christians — Eastern and Latin alike — who, above all in the Middle East, persevere...

Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists on May 12, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Veronica Giacometti/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV to Journalists: Thank You “for your service to the truth ... never give in to mediocrity”

In his first address to international media on Monday, Pope Leo XIV thanked journalists for their service to the truth...

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims in St. Pete’s Square shortly after his election on Thursday, May 8, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV’s First Words to the World: "Peace be with you all"

The 69-year-old new pope, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was elected the first pope from the United States on Thursday.

The papal fisherman’s ring and lead seal are nulled during the 12th general congregation of the College of Cardinals on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Cardinals Witness Destruction of Pope Francis’ Ring, Seal

The papal fisherman’s ring and lead seal were nulled during the 12th general congregation of the College of Cardinals on...

Cardinals participate in the fifth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on April 30, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

How Late Pope Francis Shaped Current College of Cardinals, Creating 108 out of the Expected 133 Electors

Of the 133 cardinals with the right to vote in this conclave, 108 were created by Pope Francis and therefore...

Cardinal Dominique Mamberti celebrates the ninth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on the third Sunday of Easter, May 4, 2025, at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Pope Francis Was "faithful to his mission", Cardinal Hails Late Pontiff for Love at Last Novendiales Mass

The mission of a pope “is love itself, which becomes service to the Church and to all humanity,” Cardinal Dominique...

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández elevates the chalice during the sixth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on May 1, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

For Pope Francis, “work itself was his joy, nourishment, rest”: Doctrine of Faith Prefect at 6th Novendiales Mass

The prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and a close personal friend of the late Pope...

Pope Francis greets young people gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on April 17, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

In Pope Francis' Video Message Recorded in January, Published after Passing On, Youths Told to "learn how to listen"

The video, shared by the Italian weekly magazine “Oggi,” was made public one day after the funeral Mass of Pope...