Articles by Hannah Brockhaus
Tennessee parish responds to immigration raid with support, prayer
Jun 25, 2018 / 02:01 amThe April day nearly 100 workers were taken into custody in the country’s largest worksite immigration raid in a decade, St. Patrick’s parish center in Morristown, Tenn. opened to the community and donations started pouring in.
On papal flight, Francis says intercommunion policy should be decided by diocesan bishops
Jun 21, 2018 / 16:22 pmPope Francis said Thursday that the German bishops’ debate on the reception of the Eucharist by the non-Catholic spouses of Catholics, also referred to as intercommunion, should be decided by diocesan bishops, rather than bishops’ conferences.
Pope Francis: The Our Father is a spiritual roadmap
Jun 21, 2018 / 10:13 amThe Lord’s Prayer is the prayer of the Church, confirming a person’s identity as a beloved child of God, and reminding Catholics of the responsibility owed toward their brothers and sisters in Christ, Pope Francis said Thursday.
US bishops ask that immigration reform protect families, Dreamers
Jun 20, 2018 / 15:01 pmThe United States bishops have asked Congress to compromise on immigration reform to give legal protections for undocumented youth, known as “Dreamers,” and ensure respect for human dignity and families at U.S. borders.
Pope donates to volcano relief efforts in Guatemala
Jun 19, 2018 / 15:39 pmFollowing the largest volcanic eruption in Guatemala in four decades, Pope Francis has sent $100,000 to assist in the emergency relief efforts being carried out in the central American nation.
In Western Europe, Christians who don't go to church outnumber those who do
Jun 18, 2018 / 14:15 pmMost Western Europeans identify as Christian, but say they do not, or seldom, attend church services – outnumbering those Christians who do attend church, a survey from the Pew Research Center has reported.
Pope on Corpus Christi: Only the Eucharist satisfies hearts
Jun 3, 2018 / 13:15 pmOnly the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, the food of life, can satisfy the hunger of hearts for love, a universal experience, Pope Francis said during Mass Sunday for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi.
Pope Francis calls for dialogue amid continued violence in Nicaragua
Jun 3, 2018 / 04:38 amIn off-the-cuff comments after the Angelus Sunday, Pope Francis denounced violence against protestors by armed groups in Nicaragua and prayed for the country’s victims and their families.
Pope's personal theologian to head major Argentine archdiocese
Jun 2, 2018 / 10:09 amPope Francis has appointed his personal theologian and ghostwriter Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez to head the Argentinian Archdiocese of La Plata, the Holy See’s press office announced Saturday.
Pope Francis begins meetings with Chilean clerical abuse victims
Jun 2, 2018 / 06:15 amPope Francis begins his second set of meetings with victims of Fr. Fernando Karadima, a Chilean priest who committed sexual abuse, as well as abuse of power and conscience, at the Vatican Saturday afternoon.
Dicastery on Laity, Family, and Life issues document on sports
Jun 1, 2018 / 08:55 amSports touch the lives of many people, and while they can be a vehicle for character growth, they can also pose moral dangers, as in cases of abuse or corruption, warned a Vatican document released Friday.
Syrian priest: International community is key to lasting peace
May 31, 2018 / 23:04 pmThe key to ending Syria’s ongoing conflict lies not with the local people, but with the leaders of the international community, said a Syrian-born Franciscan priest this week.
CDF prefect: That only men can be priests is 'definitive'
May 30, 2018 / 07:31 amThe teaching of the Catholic Church on the impossibility of ordaining women to the priesthood, now or in the future, is clear – and to sow confusion by suggesting otherwise is a serious matter, wrote the Vatican’s top authority on doctrine.
Pope Francis to visit Sicily in commemoration of Mafia-slain priest
May 29, 2018 / 09:35 amIn September Pope Francis will visit the neighborhood and parish connected with a Sicilian priest killed by the Mafia in 1993, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the death of the “First Martyr of the Mafia.”
'The Church is for life', Francis tells Catholic physicians
May 28, 2018 / 09:05 amIdeologies which do not acknowledge and uphold the dignity of human life must be resisted and the Catholic Church’s teaching on life affirmed, Pope Francis told a group of Catholic doctors Monday.
Pope Francis: In missionary work, prayer comes first
May 28, 2018 / 06:17 amEvery Christian is called to be a missionary through prayer, working in collaboration with the Holy Spirit, who gives prayer efficacy, Pope Francis said in a video message to the Pontifical Mission Societies Monday.
In the footsteps of a saint – St Philip Neri's Rome
May 26, 2018 / 02:01 amThe 16th century St. Philip Neri is known for joyful holiness and for the foundation of the Congregation of the Oratory, but the legacy he left in Rome can still be traced today, even walking in the saint’s very footsteps.
American seminarians to battle for the title in Rome soccer tournament
May 25, 2018 / 09:29 amFor the first time in five years, seminarians and student priests from the North American College in Rome will hit the soccer field to battle it out for the winning title in the city’s holiest tournament – the Clericus Cup.
After five decades, Pacem in terris is still relevant, Francis says
May 24, 2018 / 04:29 amSpeaking about St. Pope John XXIII’s encyclical on establishing universal peace, Pacem in terris, Pope Francis said that even 55 years after its publication, the document still stands as “a permanent commitment” to peace.
The Holy Spirit makes our works effective, Pope Francis says
May 23, 2018 / 04:45 amThe Holy Spirit helps Catholics to do good works by giving them the gifts they need to be effective 'salt and light' in the world, Pope Francis said at the general audience Wednesday.