Articles by Hannah Brockhaus
New Mexico bishop made coadjutor of San Jose
Jul 11, 2018 / 04:57 amThe Vatican announced Wednesday Pope Francis' appointment of Bishop Oscar Cantú of Las Cruces, New Mexico to be coadjutor bishop of San Jose, California.
Pope Francis prays for Japan amid deadly flooding
Jul 9, 2018 / 08:46 amPope Francis sent his prayers and condolences to Japan Monday following the death of at least 119 people in some of the worst flooding and landslides the country has seen in decades.
The world needs a change of heart on environmental issues, pope says
Jul 6, 2018 / 05:54 amChristians have an important role to play in helping people have a change of heart and mind regarding responsible protection of the earth, Pope Francis said Friday.
Vatican publishes norms on consecrated virgins
Jul 4, 2018 / 09:50 amAlmost 50 years after the Church published the new Rite of Consecrated Virginity, the Vatican has issued an instruction on the state of life, its discipline, and the responsibilities of diocesan bishops toward the vocation of consecrated virgins.
Bari archbishop says papal visit will focus on ecumenism
Jul 2, 2018 / 08:48 amPope Francis’ visit to Bari this Saturday to pray for peace in the Middle East will have a strong ecumenical focus, the city's archbishop has said.
Pope Francis: Fear sin, not death
Jul 1, 2018 / 04:40 amCatholics have no reason to fear death, because Christ the Lord has power over death; instead, they should fear sin, which hardens and kills the soul, Pope Francis said Sunday.
Belief in Christ cannot be reduced to a formula, Pope Francis says
Jun 29, 2018 / 04:39 amThe ability to know and have a relationship with the living Christ is both a mystery and a grace, something which Christians understand interiorly, not through mathematical proofs, Pope Francis said Friday.
The highest honor is to serve God's people, Francis tells new cardinals
Jun 28, 2018 / 08:50 amAt a ceremony for the creation of 14 cardinals Thursday, Pope Francis said the best promotion a person can receive is to serve the person of Christ as seen in the least of his people.
Patriarch Sako will be Chaldean Catholics' first voting cardinal
Jun 27, 2018 / 13:13 pmReferencing being nominated a cardinal, sometimes called “princes of the Church,” Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako of Babylon said he thinks of himself only as a father, pastor, and servant.
To follow God's law, begin with gratitude, Pope Francis says
Jun 27, 2018 / 03:26 amObedience to God’s commandments should flow from a personal relationship with the Father and from a place of gratitude for the good things he has done in one’s life, Pope Francis said Wednesday.
Shreveport bishop chosen to lead Baton Rouge diocese
Jun 26, 2018 / 06:11 amThe Vatican announced Tuesday Pope Francis' appointment of Bishop Michael Gerard Duca, of the northern Louisiana diocese of Shreveport, to be the newest bishop of Baton Rouge.
Tennessee parish responds to immigration raid with support, prayer
Jun 25, 2018 / 02:01 amThe April day nearly 100 workers were taken into custody in the country’s largest worksite immigration raid in a decade, St. Patrick’s parish center in Morristown, Tenn. opened to the community and donations started pouring in.
On papal flight, Francis says intercommunion policy should be decided by diocesan bishops
Jun 21, 2018 / 16:22 pmPope Francis said Thursday that the German bishops’ debate on the reception of the Eucharist by the non-Catholic spouses of Catholics, also referred to as intercommunion, should be decided by diocesan bishops, rather than bishops’ conferences.
Pope Francis: The Our Father is a spiritual roadmap
Jun 21, 2018 / 10:13 amThe Lord’s Prayer is the prayer of the Church, confirming a person’s identity as a beloved child of God, and reminding Catholics of the responsibility owed toward their brothers and sisters in Christ, Pope Francis said Thursday.
US bishops ask that immigration reform protect families, Dreamers
Jun 20, 2018 / 15:01 pmThe United States bishops have asked Congress to compromise on immigration reform to give legal protections for undocumented youth, known as “Dreamers,” and ensure respect for human dignity and families at U.S. borders.
Pope donates to volcano relief efforts in Guatemala
Jun 19, 2018 / 15:39 pmFollowing the largest volcanic eruption in Guatemala in four decades, Pope Francis has sent $100,000 to assist in the emergency relief efforts being carried out in the central American nation.
In Western Europe, Christians who don't go to church outnumber those who do
Jun 18, 2018 / 14:15 pmMost Western Europeans identify as Christian, but say they do not, or seldom, attend church services – outnumbering those Christians who do attend church, a survey from the Pew Research Center has reported.
Pope on Corpus Christi: Only the Eucharist satisfies hearts
Jun 3, 2018 / 13:15 pmOnly the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, the food of life, can satisfy the hunger of hearts for love, a universal experience, Pope Francis said during Mass Sunday for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi.
Pope Francis calls for dialogue amid continued violence in Nicaragua
Jun 3, 2018 / 04:38 amIn off-the-cuff comments after the Angelus Sunday, Pope Francis denounced violence against protestors by armed groups in Nicaragua and prayed for the country’s victims and their families.
Pope's personal theologian to head major Argentine archdiocese
Jun 2, 2018 / 10:09 amPope Francis has appointed his personal theologian and ghostwriter Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez to head the Argentinian Archdiocese of La Plata, the Holy See’s press office announced Saturday.