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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 meets with Catholics living on the Arabian Peninsula during a prayer service in Sacred Heart Church in Manama, Bahrain, on Nov. 6, 2022. | Vatican Media.

Pope Francis Tells Catholics on the Arabian Peninsula to be Bold in Proclaiming the Gospel

In Bahrain on Sunday morning, Pope Francis prayed with Catholics from the Arabian Peninsula and encouraged them to be bold...

A Christmas tree in St. Peter's Square. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Christmas 2022: Vatican to Display Hand-carved Wooden Nativity Scene

For Christmas 2022, the Vatican has commissioned a nativity scene made of life-sized figures hand carved out of alpine cedar...

Theologian Monsignor Piero Coda speaks during on 27 October 2022, press conference at the Vatican to present a working document of the Synod on Synodality. | Photo credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Synodality Text Calling for "radical inclusion" Praised at Vatican Event

The Holy Spirit is at work in the latest document of the Synod on Synodality, presenters said Thursday at a...

Pope Francis arriving for the general audience on St. Peter's Square, Oct. 26, 2022 | Daniel Ibáñez / CNA

"Lazy, tepid, sad": Pope Francis Explains How Desolation Can be Turned to Good

Pope Francis explained on Wednesday how times of spiritual desolation — described by St. Ignatius of Loyola as feelings of...

Eucharistic adoration following Pope Francis' Corpus Christi Mass on June 14, 2020. | Vatican Media.

Pope Francis: "It is good to adore in silence before the Most Blessed Sacrament"

It is good to “waste time adoring” Christ present in the Holy Eucharist, Pope Francis said on Saturday.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin speaks at an EWTN dinner in Frascati, Italy, Oct. 19, 2022. | Daniel Ibáñez / CNA

Vatican’s Secretary of State to EWTN: Truth Must be "fearlessly upheld"

The Vatican’s Secretary of State told employees and collaborators of EWTN this week that the truth must be “fearlessly upheld”...

Pope Francis greets members of the international Catholic movement Communion and Liberation in St. Peter's Square 15 October 2022. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis to Communion and Liberation: "Preserve the unity"

Pope Francis on Saturday urged members of an international Catholic movement to nurture unity and love for the Church, especially...

Pope Francis speaking on St. Peter's Square, Vatican, Oct. 12, 2022 | Daniel Ibáñez / CNA

Pope Francis: Desire Points Our Discernment in the Right Direction

At his public audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis spoke about the role desire plays in spiritual discernment, comparing it to...

Pope Francis presides at memorial Mass of St. John XXIII, which also marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, at St. Peter's Basilica on Oct. 11, 2022. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

"May the Church be overcome with joy": Pope Francis on Vatican II anniversary

On the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to leave behind criticism...

Pope Francis meets Arouna Kandé, one of the subjects of the documentary “The Letter.” | Photo credit: Laudato Si’ Movement

Climate Change Documentary Features Pope Francis

Pope Francis is featured in a documentary film on climate change and the environment that premiered at the Vatican on...

Pope Francis boards his flight to Geneva June 21, 2018. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Pope Francis to Visit Kingdom of Bahrain in November

The Vatican confirmed Wednesday that Pope Francis will travel to the Kingdom of Bahrain, a Muslim island nation in the...

Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square on September 28. Credit: Pablo Esparza/CNA

Pope Francis: The First Element of Discernment is Prayer

Prayer is the first element of discernment, Pope Francis said in his general audience message on Wednesday.

Pope Francis at the Economy of Francesco conference for young economists, researchers, and activists in Assisi, Italy on 24 September 2022. Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: Young People Are Missing the ‘spiritual capital’ that Gives Life Meaning

Pope Francis on Saturday lamented the loss of spiritual meaning in the lives of many young people today — a...

Alessandro Diddi addresses Pope Francis during the opening of the Vatican City State court's 93rd judicial year on March 12, 2022. | Vatican Media.

Pope Francis’ Chief Vatican Prosecutor Retires; Deputy Prosecutor Promoted

Pope Francis on Friday accepted the resignation of the chief prosecutor of the Vatican City State court, Gian Piero Milano,...

Pope Francis Asks Financial Consultants to Put People Before Business

Pope Francis has encouraged financial advisers and consultants to make decisions that put the good of individuals and communities before...

Giulia Cirillo gives Pope Francis a report from Catholics with disabilities on Sept. 21, 2022. | Vatican Media

‘Full members of Church’: Catholics with Disabilities Contribute to Synod on Synodality

Catholics with disabilities delivered to Pope Francis on Wednesday a report they prepared for the Synod on Synodality.

Interreligious Dialogue An Urgent Need, Pope Francis Says at Close of Kazakhstan Congress

In his final remarks in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Pope Francis said interreligious dialogue is an urgently needed path to peace.

"Every human being is sacred": Pope Francis to Religious Leaders in Kazakhstan

It is the task of religions to remind society of the sacredness of all human life, Pope Francis told leaders...

Pope Francis during the weekly general audience at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican, Sept. 7, 2022. Daniel Ibáñez / CNA

God Can Speak to Us in “the unexpected” Moments: Pope Francis at Wednesday Public Audience

God can speak to us in the unexpected moments of our lives if we learn to listen well to what...

Pope John Paul I in an undated file photo. Vatican Media/CNA.

John Paul I Miracle Recipient to Miss Beatification Due to Broken Foot

Candela Giarda thanked “Pope John Paul I for this second chance at life that he gave me.”