Articles by Hannah Brockhaus
Pope Francis begins meetings with Chilean clerical abuse victims
Jun 2, 2018 / 06:15 amPope Francis begins his second set of meetings with victims of Fr. Fernando Karadima, a Chilean priest who committed sexual abuse, as well as abuse of power and conscience, at the Vatican Saturday afternoon.
Dicastery on Laity, Family, and Life issues document on sports
Jun 1, 2018 / 08:55 amSports touch the lives of many people, and while they can be a vehicle for character growth, they can also pose moral dangers, as in cases of abuse or corruption, warned a Vatican document released Friday.
Syrian priest: International community is key to lasting peace
May 31, 2018 / 23:04 pmThe key to ending Syria’s ongoing conflict lies not with the local people, but with the leaders of the international community, said a Syrian-born Franciscan priest this week.
CDF prefect: That only men can be priests is 'definitive'
May 30, 2018 / 07:31 amThe teaching of the Catholic Church on the impossibility of ordaining women to the priesthood, now or in the future, is clear – and to sow confusion by suggesting otherwise is a serious matter, wrote the Vatican’s top authority on doctrine.
Pope Francis to visit Sicily in commemoration of Mafia-slain priest
May 29, 2018 / 09:35 amIn September Pope Francis will visit the neighborhood and parish connected with a Sicilian priest killed by the Mafia in 1993, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the death of the “First Martyr of the Mafia.”
'The Church is for life', Francis tells Catholic physicians
May 28, 2018 / 09:05 amIdeologies which do not acknowledge and uphold the dignity of human life must be resisted and the Catholic Church’s teaching on life affirmed, Pope Francis told a group of Catholic doctors Monday.
Pope Francis: In missionary work, prayer comes first
May 28, 2018 / 06:17 amEvery Christian is called to be a missionary through prayer, working in collaboration with the Holy Spirit, who gives prayer efficacy, Pope Francis said in a video message to the Pontifical Mission Societies Monday.
In the footsteps of a saint – St Philip Neri's Rome
May 26, 2018 / 02:01 amThe 16th century St. Philip Neri is known for joyful holiness and for the foundation of the Congregation of the Oratory, but the legacy he left in Rome can still be traced today, even walking in the saint’s very footsteps.
American seminarians to battle for the title in Rome soccer tournament
May 25, 2018 / 09:29 amFor the first time in five years, seminarians and student priests from the North American College in Rome will hit the soccer field to battle it out for the winning title in the city’s holiest tournament – the Clericus Cup.
After five decades, Pacem in terris is still relevant, Francis says
May 24, 2018 / 04:29 amSpeaking about St. Pope John XXIII’s encyclical on establishing universal peace, Pacem in terris, Pope Francis said that even 55 years after its publication, the document still stands as “a permanent commitment” to peace.
The Holy Spirit makes our works effective, Pope Francis says
May 23, 2018 / 04:45 amThe Holy Spirit helps Catholics to do good works by giving them the gifts they need to be effective 'salt and light' in the world, Pope Francis said at the general audience Wednesday.
Australian court finds Archbishop Wilson guilty of concealing abuse
May 22, 2018 / 10:09 amAustralian Archbishop Philip Wilson has been found guilty of failing to report allegations of child sexual abuse disclosed to him in the 1970s.
Pope on Pentecost: The power of the Holy Spirit changes hearts
May 20, 2018 / 06:58 amThough people may promise to change things, it is the third person of the Holy Trinity that creates real change through the reinvigoration and renewal of hearts, Pope Francis said on Pentecost Sunday.
Pope announces June 29 consistory to create 14 new cardinals
May 20, 2018 / 04:08 amThere will be a consistory June 29 to create 14 new cardinals, each of whom express the “universality” of the Church, Pope Francis announced Sunday after his Regina Coeli address.
Francis tells youth to evangelize through the ‘digital world’
May 19, 2018 / 10:27 amSharing the Gospel with people at the peripheries might not even require stepping outside the door, Pope Francis said Saturday, encouraging Christians to evangelize through encounters in the “digital world.”
St John XXIII's body to go on pilgrimage in his native land
May 19, 2018 / 05:01 amSt. John XXIII’s mortal remains will spend more than two weeks away from the Vatican on a “peregrination” to the northern Italian towns where he grew up and served as a priest, the Diocese of Bergamo stated.
Oscar Romero and Pope Paul VI to be canonized October 14
May 19, 2018 / 03:19 amFollowing a meeting between the Council of Cardinals and Pope Francis Saturday, the Vatican announced that Bl. Pope Paul VI and Bl. Oscar Romero will be canonized together on Oct. 14, 2018.
Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos of Colombia dies at age 88
May 18, 2018 / 10:41 amCardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos, a Colombian and a former head of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei and of the Congregation for Clergy, died in Rome early Friday morning at the age of 88.
Midwife: Repealing Ireland's abortion amendment would harm women
May 17, 2018 / 11:36 amEliminating Ireland’s constitutional protection of life inside the womb would have negative consequences on not only the unborn, but on women and society, said an Irish bioethicicst and midwife.
Pope Francis decries 'spiral of violence' in Middle East
May 16, 2018 / 03:46 amExpressing his sorrow for those who have lost their lives, Pope Francis Wednesday called for peace and dialogue in the Middle East, which has faced increased violence during the transfer of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.