Articles by Hannah Brockhaus
Vatican arrests priest under investigation for possession of child porn
Apr 7, 2018 / 07:58 amOn Saturday Vatican police arrested former Vatican diplomat Fr. Carlo Alberto Capella, who has been under investigation for the violation of laws concerning the possession of child pornography and its distribution or sale.
In April, Pope Francis prays for people with economic responsibility
Apr 6, 2018 / 03:27 amIn his prayer video for the month of April, Pope Francis requested prayers for those who have a large responsibility when it comes to economic affairs, that they will always value what is good for the human person over profit.
Pope Francis to issue apostolic exhortation on holiness
Apr 5, 2018 / 09:07 amPope Francis will next week publish an apostolic exhortation on holiness titled Gaudete et exsultate, or “Rejoice and be glad”, the Vatican announced Thursday.
Los Angeles' newest auxiliary bishop is a cancer survivor
Apr 5, 2018 / 04:12 amOn Thursday Pope Francis appointed Msgr. Marc V. Trudeau, who survived lymphoma in 2008, an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
South African bishops offer condolences for anti-apartheid activist Winnie Mandela
Apr 3, 2018 / 08:42 amThe bishops of South Africa offered their sympathy Tuesday for the death of the controversial anti-apartheid activist and politician Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who was the former wife of Nelson Mandela.
Don't marginalize people with autism, cardinal urges
Apr 2, 2018 / 08:52 amCardinal Peter Turkson issued a message for World Autism Awareness Day urging faith communities to have meaningful encounters with those who have autism and with their families, in opposition to a culture of exclusion.
Celebrate Christ's resurrection with community, Pope says Easter Monday
Apr 2, 2018 / 04:25 amOn Easter Monday, Pope Francis encouraged Christians to celebrate Easter with their community of family and friends, taking time to renew the brotherhood and sisterhood that is a fruit of the Lord’s resurrection.
Pope at Easter Vigil: The resurrection breaks the silence of Christ's death
Mar 31, 2018 / 13:49 pmAt the Easter Vigil Mass on Saturday, Pope Francis said the announcement of Christ’s resurrection was the greatest message in history, one that broke the silence of his death and gave us hope in the dark.
Vatican: Don’t trust report that Pope Francis denied reality of hell
Mar 29, 2018 / 07:21 amOn Thursday the Holy See stated that a reported interview between Pope Francis and an Italian journalist, which claims the Pope denied the existence of hell, should not be considered an accurate depiction of Francis’ words, but the author’s own “reconstruction.”
A good priest makes Christ present to his people, Pope says at Chrism Mass
Mar 29, 2018 / 02:53 amAt his annual Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday, Pope Francis said that a good priest is one who is close to his flock and who makes Jesus’ presence felt in people’s lives – as more than an abstract idea.
Pilgrims keep watch with Christ in venerable Holy Thursday tradition
Mar 29, 2018 / 02:01 amOn the night of Holy Thursday Christians in Rome and around the world will take part in a tradition from the early Church, obeying Christ's command to “keep watch” by making a pilgrimage to churches to adore Christ in the Eucharist together.
Kiss from Pope Francis a wish come true for boy with Down syndrome
Mar 28, 2018 / 09:07 amWhen Peter Lombardi was diagnosed with leukemia in 2015, his wish was to get a kiss from Pope Francis, but his family’s plans to see him at the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia fell through when Peter was in the hospital.
Pope accepts resignation of Irish bishop criticized for handling of abuse report
Mar 26, 2018 / 11:35 amOn Monday, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop John McAreavey of Dromore, Ireland, who had asked to step down earlier this month following media claims that he mishandled an abuse report in the early ‘90s.
Pope sends prayers for victims of attack in France, fire in Russia
Mar 26, 2018 / 08:52 amOn Monday Pope Francis sent his prayers and condolences for victims of an alleged terrorist attack in southern France, and for those affected by a fire inside a shopping mall in Russia which has killed at least 64 people.
Young people bring faith, simplicity to meditations for papal Via Crucis
Mar 25, 2018 / 14:02 pmAs the Vatican gears up for the Synod on youth in October, Pope Francis has chosen a group of Italian high school students to write the meditations for his Good Friday Way of the Cross at the Colosseum.
US pre-synod delegates: Youth need authentic Catholic witnesses
Mar 22, 2018 / 10:47 amThe United States delegates to a pre-synod gathering in Rome this week have said they think young Catholics in the nation need – and desire – faithful and authentic accompaniment in order to live the faith and to form a relationship with Christ.
Holy Communion unites us to Christ, Francis says
Mar 21, 2018 / 03:58 amAt Wednesday's general audience, Pope Francis said our participation in the Holy Eucharist at Mass is not a merely spiritual communion, but a sacramental one, uniting us to Christ and his Church.
Pope Francis' Holy Thursday Mass will be at a prison
Mar 20, 2018 / 09:04 amContinuing his custom of saying Holy Thursday Mass outside a sacred place, Pope Francis this year will visit one of Rome’s most well-known prisons, the Regina Coeli, located in the historic Trastevere neighborhood.
Pope Francis sends condolences for death of Cardinal O’Brien
Mar 20, 2018 / 06:38 amOn Tuesday Pope Francis offered his condolences for the death of Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien, the disgraced former archbishop of Edinburgh, who died Monday at the age of 80 in a hospital in northern England.
Pope Francis: The crucifix is for prayer, not decoration
Mar 18, 2018 / 05:58 amOn Sunday Pope Francis said that the crucifix is not just something decorative to hang on the wall or wear, it is an important sign of our beliefs – and should be truly looked at and prayed before as the source of our salvation.