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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.

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...

Matteo Farina (1990-2009). Credit: Matteofarina.com

Pope Francis Advances Sainthood Causes of Five Men, Women, Including Italian Teenager

Pope Francis Wednesday advanced the sainthood causes of five men and women, including an Italian teenager who died of a...

Pope Francis stops before a statue of Mary in the chapel of Casa Santa Marta May 4, 2020. Credit: Vatican News.

Pope Asks God to Free Catholics from the "disease" of Division

Jesus died for everyone, but disordered attachment to one’s own ideas can cause divisions which break the unity of God’s...

Pope Francis offers Mass in the Casa Santa Marta April 29, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media.

Identify and Confess your Sins 'concretely,' Pope Francis Says

When identifying your faults, avoid being vague and tell God your sins honestly and frankly so that he can heal...

Venerable John Paul I. Credit: L'Osservatore Romano.

Pope Francis Creates Foundation to Promote John Paul I’s Teachings

Pope Francis has instituted a Vatican foundation to promote the thought and teachings of Venerable John Paul I, who was...

Pope Francis gives a blessing from the apostolic library after the Regina coeli April 26, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media.

The "greatest reality" is God's Love, Not Past Disappointments, Pope Francis Says

Jesus invites us to live with him in the present and not to get stuck in the disappointments and ‘what...

Pope Francis holds a rosary during a general audience Aug. 7, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope Francis Urges Catholics to Unite Through Praying the Rosary in May

Pope Francis sent a letter Saturday encouraging Catholics to pray the rosary throughout May. He also shared two new prayers...

Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square June 7, 2017. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

You Must Live the Faith to Share it Well, Pope Francis Says

To say you are a Christian while not living like one does not show people the real treasure of the...

Cardinal Marc Ouellet. Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA

Involve More Women in Seminary Formation, Urges Vatican Cardinal

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops, said Friday that the Church needs more women involved directly...

Young pilgrims gather before World Youth Day Panama opening Mass Jan. 22, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope Francis Postpones World Youth Day and Meeting of Families Due to COVID-19

Pope Francis has decided to postpone by one year World Youth Day and the World Meeting of Families, according to...

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This Japanese Painter Found the Faith Through Sacred Art

Osamu Giovanni Micico had never read the Bible, knew nothing of the stories of Christ in the gospels, and had...

Crowds pray the Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum with Pope Francis on Good Friday 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Beauty, Drama and Pinpoint Silence: Easter Triduum Memories from Rome

As Christians reflect on the reality of the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ during these three momentous days,...