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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.

Catholics attend Mass in Ho, Ghana. James Dalrymple via Shutterstock.

Number of Catholics in Africa, Asia Continues to Rise, Newly Released Statistics Indicate

The Catholic Church grew by 15 million people worldwide in 2019.

A website and smartphone app to help Catholics pray for the synod on synodality was launched Oct. 19, 2021. Click to Pray 2.0.

Vatican Launches Prayer Website "to accompany" Synod on Synodality

The app Click To Pray will also promote prayer for the synodal process.

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Pope Francis Wants Seminarians to Read This Letter from a Clerical Abuse Survivor

The letter urges them to ‘Please be a good priest.’

A pilgrim attends the canonization of St. John Henry Newman in Rome, Oct. 13, 2019. Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.

Vatican Regulates Postulator’s Role in Saints’ Causes, Seeks to Curb Conflicts of Interest

The new regulations are designed partly to prevent conflicts of interest.

Pope Francis speaks during the Angelus prayer. Vatican Media

“Quest for personal prestige (over service) a spiritual malady”: Pope Francis

Do good from a spirit of service, not from a desire for personal glory, Pope Francis said on Sunday.

A screenshot of Pope Francis speaking during the fourth World Meeting of Popular Movements Oct. 16, 2021. CNA

Catholic Social Teaching Has Useful Principles for Popular Movements to Follow: Pope

Pope Francis spoke over video call to participants in the fourth World Meeting of Popular Movements.

Msgr. Diego Ravelli in 2015/. Bohumil Petrik/CNA

Pope Francis Names Master of Ceremonies for Vatican Papal Liturgies

Msgr. Diego Ravelli was also named head of the pope’s Sistine Chapel Choir.

Patriarch Bartholomew I, Pope Francis, and UNESCO’s Audrey Azoulay at Rome’s Pontifical Lateran University, Oct. 7, 2021. Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Pope Francis Launches Ecology, Environment Degree Course at Pontifical Lateran University

The course was created with the Ecumenical Patriarch’s cooperation.

Chilean Cardinal Jorge Medina Estévez (1926-2021). Biblioteca (BCN) Congreso Nacional de Chile via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0).

Pope Francis Mourns "self-sacrificing" Cardinal Who Announced Benedict XVI’s Election

Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez died Oct. 3 at the age of 94.

Ratzinger Prize winners Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger, left, and Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz. Bistum Münster.

Old Testament Expert and Philosopher from Germany Win 2021 Ratzinger Prize

Pope Francis will present the award on Nov. 13.

The bronze statue of St. Peter inside St. Peter’s Basilica. Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Limited In-person Attendance at 2022 World Meeting of Families Due to COVID-19

The meeting will be held in Rome on June 22-26, 2022.

People wearing face coverings walk past St. Peter’s Basilica. Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Vatican Clarifies COVID-19 Vaccine Pass Rules for Employees, Visitors of City State

From Oct. 1, all visitors and personnel will be required to show proof of vaccination.

Pope Francis waves during the Angelus on Sept. 26, 2021. Vatican Media

The Catholic Church Must Be Open and Welcoming Toward Others: Pope Francis

Division and exclusion come from Satan, Pope Francis warned.

Surgeon Domenico Veneziano with Cardinal Robert Sarah. Courtesy photo.

"I could feel his holiness": Surgeon Who Operated on Vatican-based Guinean Cardinal

Domenico Veneziano described the cardinal as “a very cultured and profound person.”

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. Daniel Ibanez/CNA

The Saints Spread the Gospel, Not a "social program": Pope Francis to Bishops

Pope Francis encouraged Europe’s bishops to introduce people to the joy of an encounter with Jesus.

Pope Francis addresses an ecumenical meeting at the apostolic nunciature in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sept. 12, 2021. Vatican Media.

"Some people wanted me to die" amid Health Problems: Pope Francis to Slovakian Jesuits

The pope made the comments during his four-day visit to the Central European country.