Articles by Hannah Brockhaus
Italy’s new No. 3 is a Catholic politician studying philosophy at a pontifical university
Oct 14, 2022 / 14:06 pmLorenzo Fontana, 42, was elected president of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Italy's Parliament, with 222 out of 400 chamber votes Oct. 14.
Pope Francis: Desire points our discernment in the right direction
Oct 12, 2022 / 03:35 amAt his public audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis spoke about the role desire plays in spiritual discernment, comparing it to a compass that points one in the right direction.
Pope Francis on Vatican II anniversary: ‘May the Church be overcome with joy’
Oct 11, 2022 / 13:04 pmThe pope's Mass Tuesday marked the 60th anniversary of the day the Second Vatican Council was opened by St. John XXIII on Oct. 11, 1962.
Eyewitness to history: Bishop Fulton J. Sheen’s assistant remembers Vatican II ‘revolution’
Oct 11, 2022 / 08:20 amMonsignor Hilary Franco was just a young priest when he called the office of Bishop Fulton J. Sheen to ask for a meeting in August 1959.
Pope Francis to join interfaith prayer for peace at Colosseum in Rome
Oct 11, 2022 / 05:08 amThe Vatican confirmed Tuesday that Pope Francis will join other religious leaders at a prayer service for peace at Rome’s Colosseum later this month.
Pope Francis to meet Muslim leaders, small Christian community in Bahrain
Oct 6, 2022 / 05:40 amOn the first-ever papal visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Pope Francis will close a forum on dialogue, meet with the grand imam of al-Azhar, and pray at a new Catholic cathedral.
Climate change documentary features Pope Francis
Oct 4, 2022 / 12:00 pmPope Francis is featured in a documentary film on climate change and the environment that premiered at the Vatican on Tuesday.
More than ‘the nuts and bolts’: World’s newest bishops talk synodality in Rome
Oct 2, 2022 / 03:00 amThe world’s newest bishops gathered in Rome last month to learn more about what it means to be a Catholic bishop.
Prosecution calls witnesses as Vatican finance trial resumes
Sep 30, 2022 / 08:37 amAfter a break of over two months, the Vatican trial on financial corruption in the Secretariat of State continued this week with the interrogation of witnesses for the prosecution.
‘Everything is connected’: Cardinal Czerny explains future of Vatican office for integral human development
Sep 29, 2022 / 12:00 pmThe Vatican’s office for integral human development is rethinking its work in light of the implementation of Pope Francis’ curial reform, the prefect said.
Pope Francis to visit Kingdom of Bahrain in November
Sep 28, 2022 / 04:57 amThe Vatican confirmed Wednesday that Pope Francis will travel to the Kingdom of Bahrain, a Muslim island nation in the Persian Gulf, Nov. 3–6.
Pope Francis: The first element of discernment is prayer
Sep 28, 2022 / 03:41 amPrayer is the first element of discernment, Pope Francis said in his general audience message on Wednesday.
Pope Francis: Young people are missing the ‘spiritual capital’ that gives life meaning
Sep 24, 2022 / 07:42 am“Look at the youth suicide rate, how it has gone up,” Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis’ chief Vatican prosecutor retires; deputy prosecutor promoted
Sep 23, 2022 / 08:10 amThe new head prosecutor, Alessandro Diddi, is also the lead investigator for the Vatican’s major finance trial against defendant Cardinal Angelo Becciu.
Cardinal O’Malley: ‘Padre Pio shows us the power of the cross’
Sep 23, 2022 / 04:20 amThe archbishop of Boston celebrated Mass on Sept. 23 in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, in the Church of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina.
Pope Francis asks financial consultants to put people before business
Sep 22, 2022 / 11:00 amThe pope spoke about the role of integral human development in the financial sector during a Sept. 22 meeting at the Vatican with consultants for Deloitte.
German bishop says he won’t resign after report he mishandled abuse cases
Sep 22, 2022 / 06:22 amA report published Sept. 20 said Bishop Franz-Josef Bode mishandled abuse cases in the Diocese of Osnabrück, in northwestern Germany, which he has led since 1995.
‘Full members of the Church’: Catholics with disabilities contribute to Synod on Synodality
Sep 21, 2022 / 07:25 amCatholics with disabilities delivered to Pope Francis on Wednesday a report they prepared for the Synod on Synodality.
Pope Francis: Saint Pius V teaches us to seek truth, pray the rosary
Sep 17, 2022 / 08:45 amThis year marks the 450th anniversary of the death of Saint Pius V on May 1, 1572.
Vatican holds contest to choose music for official hymn of 2025 Jubilee Year
Sep 17, 2022 / 05:12 amThe original musical composition should include a score for voice and organ, the Vatican said.