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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 Leo XIV waves to those gathered in St. Peter's Square to pray the Angelus and listen to his Sunday message on Sept. 21, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media.

"Those who truly love them work for peace": Pope Leo XIV on Palestinians

Pope Leo XIV expressed his closeness to those living in the Gaza Strip during his weekly Angelus message on Sept....

Pope Leo XIV addresses thousands of Church and civil lawyers, judges, and others who work in the legal environment during the Jubilee of Workers of Justice, part of the yearlong Jubilee of Hope, in St. Peter's Square on Sept. 20, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media.

Forgiveness Fundamental to Justice: Pope Leo XIV to Legal Professionals at Jubilee

Pope Leo XIV addressed thousands of lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals gathered in Rome for the Jubilee of Workers...

Pope Leo XIV greets the families of the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Family "a gift and a task" for Church, Society: Pope Leo XIV

At the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV addressed participants in a meeting on the challenges to families in Latin America and...

Pope Leo XIV presides over his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 17, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: My Priority is the Gospel, Not Solving the World’s Problems

Pope Leo XIV gave an interview for the biography “Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the 21st Century,”...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Care of Creation at Castel Gandolfo on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Supports "important and urgent" Creation Day September 1

Pope Leo XIV has voiced his support for the Sept. 1 celebration of the World Day of Prayer for Creation,...

Pope Leo XIV speaks from a window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square during the Sunday Angelus on Aug. 24, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Prays for Minneapolis School Shooting Victims, Laments "pandemic of arms"

Pope Leo XIV prayed for the victims of a shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis and the children who...

Pilgrims reach out to Pope Leo XIV at the general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall, Vatican City, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: "Christian hope is not evasion, but decision"

Addressing thousands of pilgrims in the Vatican’s Paul VI Audience Hall, Pope Leo XIV on Aug. 27 emphasized Jesus’ embrace...

Signs hanging in the office of papal charities in Vatican City show the different models of papal blessing certificates that can be ordered, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. / Credit: Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Start of Pope Leo XIV’s Pontificate Brings Surge of Interest in Papal Blessings

The surge in blessings reflects enthusiasm over the start of a new pontificate and highlights a traditional practice that combines...

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Angelus address on July 6, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

How Pope Leo XIV Can Influence Catholic Church’s New Social Media Missionaries

The Vatican is welcoming more than a thousand social media influencers to Rome this week for an event intended to...

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

UPDATE: Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati’s Incorrupt Body to Be in Rome for Jubilee of Youth

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

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...