Hannah Brockhaus

Hannah Brockhaus

Hannah Brockhaus is Catholic News Agency’s senior Vatican correspondent. After growing up in Omaha, Nebraska, she earned a degree in English from Truman State University in Missouri. In 2016, she moved to Rome, Italy, where in her spare time she enjoys reading and going on adventures with her husband and son.

Articles by Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis: ‘The true Christian is one who receives Jesus within’

Mar 29, 2023 / 06:00 am

“You cannot be Christian only from the outside. No, Jesus must enter and this changes you...” Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis mourns ‘senseless act of violence’ at Nashville Christian school

Mar 29, 2023 / 05:27 am

Pope Francis “joins the entire community in mourning the children and adults who died,” according to a Vatican message March 29.

Cardinal Hollerich: There’s ‘space to expand’ Church teaching on all-male priesthood

Mar 28, 2023 / 13:00 pm

“Pope Francis does not want the ordination of women, and I am completely obedient to that. But people continue to discuss it,” Hollerich said.

‘For love of the pope’: Latin Mass supporters post billboards near Vatican

Mar 28, 2023 / 12:30 pm

A group of Traditional Latin Mass supporters in Italy has sponsored a billboard campaign in a neighborhood near the Vatican.

Guam Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes steps down for medical reasons

Mar 28, 2023 / 04:55 am

Archbishop Michael Byrnes left Guam in late June 2022.

Pope Francis to bless satellite set to launch his words into space

Mar 27, 2023 / 10:30 am

While in orbit, the satellite will broadcast decipherable statements from Pope Francis on the theme of hope and peace in English, Italian, and Spanish.

Pope Francis: An ethical AI respects human dignity

Mar 27, 2023 / 10:00 am

Pope Francis said emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning could be beneficial to society if they respect human dignity.

Nordic bishops issue letter affirming Church teaching on human sexuality

Mar 25, 2023 / 14:40 pm

The pastoral letter was read aloud at Mass at Catholic churches in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland.

Discovering Pier Giorgio Frassati: Film sheds light on humanity, holiness of Italian blessed

Mar 22, 2023 / 09:00 am

“To the Top” is a new docudrama produced in cooperation with EWTN that explores the humanity and holiness of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati.

‘Christ is our future’: Vatican announces theme, schedule for Pope Francis’ Budapest trip

Mar 21, 2023 / 12:00 pm

Pope Francis will travel to Budapest, Hungary, in just over a month for an April 28–30 visit to the capital of the central European country.

Pope Francis: The differences of others are an occasion to love better

Mar 19, 2023 / 07:51 am

“How do we welcome the difficulties and differences of others? How do we welcome the people who have many limitations in life?” the pope said.

PHOTOS: Nighttime eucharistic adoration in St. Peter’s Square

Mar 15, 2023 / 09:30 am

The Vatican held its first monthly eucharistic adoration in the area in front of St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday night.

U.S. Bishop Daniel Flores to help prepare Synod on Synodality assembly

Mar 15, 2023 / 06:01 am

The first of two nearly monthlong Vatican assemblies for the synod will be in October.

Pope Francis: A Christian life based on achieving higher positions is ‘pure paganism’

Mar 15, 2023 / 04:23 am

“When you conceive of the Christian life as an advancement, that the one above commands others ... that is not Christianity,” Pope Francis said.

Historic building near Vatican to become Four Seasons hotel

Mar 14, 2023 / 12:12 pm

A Catholic order of knighthood has signed a leasing agreement that will allow a Four Seasons hotel to manage part of a historic building close to the Vatican.

Pope Francis celebrates Mass, records ‘popecast’ for 10th anniversary

Mar 13, 2023 / 10:20 am

Francis marked his 10th anniversary as pope Monday with a private Mass with cardinals and an appearance on what Vatican News has dubbed a “popecast.”

Report: Nicaragua to close Vatican embassy in Managua, Nicaraguan embassy to Holy See

Mar 13, 2023 / 04:15 am

The request to close the two embassies follows just days after Pope Francis likened Nicaragua’s Sandinista government to Nazi Germany.

‘Not an easy job’: Pope Francis asks for prayers on 10th anniversary as pope

Mar 12, 2023 / 11:00 am

“Being the pope is not an easy job. Nobody has studied before doing this,” Pope Francis said in his latest interview.

Pope Francis: People are looking for ‘an oasis in the Church’

Mar 12, 2023 / 06:37 am

“This Sunday the Gospel presents us one of the most beautiful and fascinating encounters Jesus has,” Pope Francis said.

St. Peter’s Basilica to hold monthly eucharistic adoration on portico

Mar 9, 2023 / 11:00 am

Beginning March 14, adoration will take place every second Tuesday from 8-9 p.m. on the parvise in front of the Vatican basilica leading to St. Peter’s Square.