Articles by Hannah Brockhaus
Vatican abuse trial: Court clears former altar boy and ex-youth seminary rector of crimes
Oct 6, 2021 / 08:00 amThe Vatican tribunal ruling came at the end of a year-long trial.
Vatican finance trial: Judges to rule whether to keep or scrap case in face of procedural missteps
Oct 5, 2021 / 09:00 amThe judges will give their ruling on Oct. 6.
Pope Francis mourns ‘self-sacrificing’ cardinal who announced Benedict XVI’s election
Oct 4, 2021 / 14:00 pmCardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez died Oct. 3 at the age of 94.
5 things to know about the Vatican finance trial involving Cardinal Becciu
Oct 4, 2021 / 13:00 pmThe second hearing in the historic trial is set for October 5, 2021.
Old Testament expert and philosopher from Germany win 2021 Ratzinger Prize
Oct 1, 2021 / 08:00 amPope Francis will present the award on Nov. 13.
Limited in-person attendance at 2022 World Meeting of Families due to COVID-19
Sep 30, 2021 / 12:00 pmThe meeting will be held in Rome on June 22-26, 2022.
U.S. theologians appointed to Vatican’s International Theological Commission
Sep 29, 2021 / 12:00 pmIn addition to 12 new appointments, Pope Francis renewed the terms of 16 members.
Pope Francis: ‘My intuitions, my perceptions and my spirituality’ come from Vatican II
Sep 29, 2021 / 09:00 amHe made the remark in a new book preface.
Pope Francis accepts Brooklyn Bishop DiMarzio’s resignation, names Columbus bishop as successor
Sep 29, 2021 / 05:55 amWith 1.5 million Catholics, Brooklyn is the fifth-largest U.S. diocese.
Vatican clarifies COVID-19 vaccine pass rules for employees
Sep 28, 2021 / 12:00 pmFrom Oct. 1, all visitors and personnel will be required to show proof of vaccination.
Pope Francis: The Catholic Church must be welcoming
Sep 26, 2021 / 06:35 amDivision and exclusion come from Satan, Pope Francis warned.
Surgeon who operated on Cardinal Sarah: ‘I could feel his holiness’
Sep 25, 2021 / 04:00 amDomenico Veneziano described the cardinal as “a very cultured and profound person.”
Pope Francis to bishops: The saints spread the Gospel, not a ‘social program’
Sep 23, 2021 / 09:50 amPope Francis encouraged Europe’s bishops to introduce people to the joy of an encounter with Jesus.
Cardinal Parolin: The Vatican is ‘worried’ about AUKUS nuclear rearmament
Sep 22, 2021 / 12:00 pmThe AUKUS security pact will add to the Western military presence in the Pacific.
Pope Francis to Slovakian Jesuits: ‘Some people wanted me to die’ amid health problems
Sep 21, 2021 / 05:20 amThe pope made the comments during his four-day visit to the Central European country.
Vatican requires vaccine pass for visitors, employees
Sep 20, 2021 / 08:15 amThe change will go into effect Oct. 1.
Pope Francis tells elderly priests: ‘Aging is a privilege’
Sep 17, 2021 / 04:00 amHe said: ‘Please, pray for me who is a little old and a little, but not too much, sick!’
Benedict XVI: Legalization of same-sex marriage is ‘a distortion of conscience’
Sep 16, 2021 / 09:15 amHe made the remark in an introduction to a new anthology of his writings, which has a preface by Pope Francis.
Will the Swiss Guard allow women soldiers in the future?
Sep 16, 2021 / 05:00 amOnly men are currently eligible for the world’s smallest army.
Pope Francis in Slovakia: Our Lady of Sorrows teaches us compassion for the suffering
Sep 15, 2021 / 04:46 amThe pope celebrated Mass at the national Catholic shrine in Šaštín.