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: Let Mary teach you what to do in the new year

Jan 1, 2023 / 08:31 am

An estimated 40,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square for the pope’s New Year’s Day Angelus reflection.

Vatican shares first photos of Benedict XVI after death

Jan 1, 2023 / 05:28 am

The photos were taken at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, where the pope emeritus spent his retirement years and where he died on Dec. 31.

FULL TEXT: Benedict XVI shares his final thoughts with the Church

Dec 31, 2022 / 13:28 pm

Each pope writes a spiritual testament to be made public only after his death. This is Benedict XVI’s.

Pope Francis gives thanks to God for Benedict XVI’s sacrifices for the Church

Dec 31, 2022 / 10:33 am

Pope Francis gave thanks for the good works and sacrifices of Benedict XVI, hours after the pope emeritus’ death on Saturday at the age of 95.

Benedict XVI’s final resting place decided: He will be buried in Vatican crypt

Dec 31, 2022 / 10:00 am

The tombs in the Vatican crypt are close to the remains of the Catholic Church’s first pope, St. Peter the Apostle.

Benedict XVI’s funeral: Here's what Catholics need to know

Dec 31, 2022 / 05:19 am

The Vatican has announced details about the funeral arrangements for Pope Benedict XVI.

PHOTOS: Key moments from Benedict XVI’s papacy

Dec 31, 2022 / 03:45 am

A snapshot of Benedict XVI’s papacy in photos.

Rome Diocese to offer Mass for Benedict XVI

Dec 29, 2022 / 07:30 am

“Let us accompany our dear bishop emeritus in his moment of suffering and trial,” Cardinal De Donatis said.

Vatican: Benedict XVI’s condition serious but stable

Dec 29, 2022 / 06:35 am

“Although his condition remains serious, the situation at the moment is stable,” the Vatican said on Thursday.

Pope Francis on St. Francis de Sales: He taught that ‘devotion is meant for everyone’

Dec 28, 2022 / 10:30 am

“I find that his flexibility and his far-sighted vision have much to say to us.”

Vatican shares prayer for Benedict XVI’s health

Dec 28, 2022 / 06:30 am

Pope Francis asked Catholics to pray for the “very ill” pope emeritus.

Pope Francis: The manger ‘is the throne of our King’

Dec 28, 2022 / 05:00 am

“The manger and the cross, this is the throne of Jesus,” Pope Francis said.

Vatican: Benedict XVI under medical care as health takes sudden turn

Dec 28, 2022 / 03:48 am

Pope Francis visited the 95-year-old pope emeritus after his Wednesday general audience.

Pope Francis: Pray for a ‘very ill’ Benedict XVI

Dec 28, 2022 / 02:16 am

Pope emeritus Benedict XVI is 95 years old.

PHOTOS: Italian play recalls St. Francis’ Nativity in Greccio

Dec 27, 2022 / 08:50 am

On Dec. 26, actors in Greccio, Italy put on a play telling the story of how St. Francis of Assisi created the first living Nativity scene.

Pope Francis on Christmas: The manger is a sign that God is with us and loves us

Dec 24, 2022 / 12:20 pm

“What does this night still have to say to our lives?” Pope Francis asked.

Cardinal says Rome diocese learned ‘recently’ of Fr. Rupnik accusations

Dec 24, 2022 / 04:00 am

The Diocese of Rome “assures, also in the name of its Bishop, every support necessary for the desirable positive solution of the case…”

This Santa rides a camel around Jerusalem every year. Here’s why

Dec 23, 2022 / 10:00 am

Every year on the feast of St. Nicholas, Issa Anis Kassisieh dons a red suit, black boots, and a thick white beard.

Father Rupnik ‘egocentric and violent,’ a sister from his former community alleges

Dec 22, 2022 / 12:20 pm

The sister told CNA she did not know anything about sexual abuse or allegations of abuse, but that her experience of Rupnik was “of spiritual manipulation and humiliation.”

Italian Cardinal Severino Poletto dies at age 89

Dec 19, 2022 / 11:15 am

Poletto was the retired archbishop of Turin, a city in northern Italy. Since his retirement in 2010, he has been living in Moncalieri, a southern suburb of Turin.