Articles by Hannah Brockhaus
McCarrick laicized by Pope Francis
Feb 16, 2019 / 01:41 amPope Francis and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ordered this week the laicization of Theodore McCarrick, a former cardinal and archbishop emeritus of Washington, and a once powerful figure in ecclesiastical, diplomatic, and political circles in the U.S. and around the world.
Vatican ambassador under investigation for sexual assault
Feb 15, 2019 / 08:26 amBishop Luigi Ventura, apostolic nuncio to France since 2009 and a long-time Vatican diplomat, is under investigation for alleged sexual assault.
Liturgy is not 'styles, recipes, trends,' pope tells Divine Worship congregation
Feb 14, 2019 / 11:13 amThe liturgy, Pope Francis said Thursday, cannot be reduced to a matter of taste, becoming the subject of ideological polarization, because it is a primary way Catholics encounter the Lord.
Pope Francis names Cardinal Kevin Farrell camerlengo
Feb 14, 2019 / 05:41 amPope Francis Thursday nominated a new camerlengo, Irish-American Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life, and a former bishop of Dallas.
Pope Francis approves canonization of John Henry Newman
Feb 13, 2019 / 03:32 amPope Francis Wednesday approved the canonization of Bl. John Henry Newman, a Roman Catholic cardinal, scholar, and founder of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in England.
Treat inmates with compassion, Pope Francis urges prison staff
Feb 7, 2019 / 09:24 amOften spaces of suffering, prisons should be places of hope and the possibility of redemption, Pope Francis told prison personnel Thursday, urging them to have compassion on the ‘wounds’ of their imprisoned brothers and sisters.
Pope says UAE trip was 'new page' in dialogue between Christians, Muslims
Feb 6, 2019 / 03:23 amPope Francis said Wednesday that his recent trip to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates was a step forward in Catholic-Muslim dialogue and promoting peace among religions.
Justice and peace are inseparable, Pope Francis says in UAE
Feb 4, 2019 / 10:35 amIn an interreligious meeting in Abu Dhabi Monday, Pope Francis said that for peace to flourish among religions, there must be justice, and respect for human dignity and freedom.
Pope Francis appeals for Yemen's starving children
Feb 3, 2019 / 05:28 amDuring the Angelus Sunday, Pope Francis urged people to think of and pray for the many people in Yemen, especially children, who are starving to death in the war.
Choose every day to follow Jesus, Pope Francis says on Candlemas
Feb 2, 2019 / 10:34 amTo follow Christ is a choice which must be made day in and day out, Pope Francis said Saturday, explaining that to know the Lord means meeting him in one's daily life.
Pope Francis: healthcare should be 'at the service of life'
Feb 1, 2019 / 11:18 amPope Francis said Friday that health centers should always be places of life, where the sick and suffering are cared for both physically and spiritually.
Pope Francis says he loves to pray the Way of the Cross
Jan 30, 2019 / 04:12 amEveryone should pray the Stations of the Cross, Pope Francis said Wednesday, revealing that he always has with him a pocket-size book of “Via Crucis” meditations to pray with when he has a spare moment.
Court dismisses challenge to Asia Bibi blasphemy acquittal
Jan 29, 2019 / 05:07 amA petition to overturn last year’s acquittal of blasphemy charges against Catholic wife and mother Asia Bibi was dismissed by Pakistan’s Supreme Court Tuesday.
Priest steps down from CDF following accusations of sexual harassment in confession
Jan 29, 2019 / 04:27 amAn Austrian priest and theologian has resigned from his position at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, amid charges that he made sexual advances toward a woman in the confessional several years ago.
Lebanese man finds hand of Providence in mystical experience
Jan 28, 2019 / 19:00 pmRaymond Nader had spent years searching for the meaning of life, when during a moment of prayer in an old Lebanese hermitage, he says a mystical experience of light left his arm miraculously marked with a burn in the shape of the hand of St. Charbel.
Pope says he is against making priestly celibacy optional in the Latin rite
Jan 28, 2019 / 06:35 amPope Francis said Monday he is opposed to the idea of optional priestly celibacy in the Latin rite, and he would consider it only for very remote places if a serious need existed.
Who is your neighbor? Someone who 'inconveniences' you, Francis says
Jan 27, 2019 / 09:56 amOn the final day of World Youth Day in Panama, Pope Francis met with the guests of a home for people with AIDS, reflecting on a question Jesus was asked in the Gospels: “Who is my neighbor?”
Pope Francis: Young people are the 'now' of God
Jan 27, 2019 / 07:49 amServing God and his mission is not a passing thing, but can and should be pursued in the present, with one’s entire life, Pope Francis said Sunday at the closing Mass for World Youth Day in Panama City.
Twenty killed in explosions during Mass in Philippines cathedral
Jan 27, 2019 / 05:51 amAt least 20 people were killed and 111 wounded after two bombs exploded minutes apart during Sunday Mass in a Catholic cathedral on the southern Philippine island of Jolo.
Pope names new archbishops in Peru, Mexico
Jan 25, 2019 / 07:42 amPope Francis Friday appointed the next archbishops of two metropolitan sees – Fr. Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio was named to Lima, Peru and Archbishop Jose Antonio Fernandez Hurtado to Tlalnepantla, Mexico.