Articles by Hannah Brockhaus
Pope Francis laments when ‘ideology replaces faith’ in segment of U.S. Catholics
Aug 28, 2023 / 09:36 amThe pope’s private conversation with members of the Society of Jesus was published Aug. 28 by the Jesuit journal La Civiltà Cattolica.
Pope Francis: ‘We cannot be indifferent’ to people caught in drug addiction
Aug 27, 2023 / 09:40 am“Behind every addiction there are concrete experiences, stories of loneliness, inequality, exclusion, lack of integration,” Pope Francis said.
Brazilian Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo dies at age 89
Aug 27, 2023 / 08:10 amThe cardinal’s health had been in decline since suffering a stroke in December 2022.
Pope Francis: ‘Look to Jesus always’
Aug 27, 2023 / 05:35 am“We are not alone on the path of life, because Christ is with us and Christ helps us to walk,” Pope Francis said Sunday.
Pope Francis criticizes ‘misguided notion’ of the human person in speech to lawyers
Aug 22, 2023 / 07:20 amThe pope addressed delegates of the Council of Europe member countries who signed the 2022 Vienna Declaration in Support of the Rule of Law at the Vatican.
Pope Francis accepts resignation of Great Falls-Billings Bishop Michael Warfel
Aug 22, 2023 / 04:41 amBishop Michael Warfel will be automatically succeeded by 57-year-old Bishop Jeffrey Fleming, coadjutor bishop of Great Falls-Billings.
Pope Francis meets U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Mark Milley
Aug 21, 2023 / 12:15 pmNeither the Vatican nor the U.S. Department of Defense provided information about the Aug. 21 audience in the Apostolic Palace.
Pope Francis writing a second environmental document after Laudato Si’
Aug 21, 2023 / 03:45 amThe pope said with this new writing he is updating Laudato Si’ to cover current issues.
‘All the way in love’: Pope Francis praises example of Mafia-slain priest
Aug 20, 2023 / 09:00 amPope Francis published a letter to mark the 30th anniversary of the martyrdom of Blessed Giuseppe “Don Pino” Puglisi.
Pope Francis: Christians ‘are invited to be open to change’
Aug 20, 2023 / 06:12 am“This is what God is like: He is love, and the one who loves does not remain rigid,” Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis meets Catholic president of Madagascar
Aug 17, 2023 / 05:45 amThe president was accompanied by his wife of 23 years and three young adult children.
Pope Francis merges two dioceses in Japan
Aug 16, 2023 / 10:37 amCardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda was named on Aug. 15 as the first archbishop of the new Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu.
Ukrainian Catholics receive warm reception at World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon
Aug 16, 2023 / 08:22 amMarina Aleykseyeva, a Ukrainian pilgrim, said “it was unbelievable” how many people stopped them on the streets to say they were praying for Ukraine.
‘An open wound’: Pope Francis decries thousands of deaths in Mediterranean Sea this year
Aug 13, 2023 / 07:46 amThe U.N. Refugee Agency estimates that 2,175 people have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean Sea in 2023.
Pope Francis: Jesus conquers ‘death, sin, the devil’
Aug 13, 2023 / 06:46 am“The powers of evil that frighten us, that we cannot master, immediately take on smaller proportions with Jesus,” the pope said.
Interreligious events at World Youth Day in Lisbon sparsely attended but ‘useful’
Aug 10, 2023 / 13:20 pmLast week at World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, pilgrims had opportunities to learn from and dialogue with people of other faith traditions.
Pope Francis names new patriarch of Lisbon following World Youth Day
Aug 10, 2023 / 04:30 amPope Francis on Aug. 10 also accepted the resignation of Cardinal-Patriarch Manuel Clemente, who has led the patriarchate since May 2013.
Pope Francis appoints delegate to resolve Syro-Malabar liturgical dispute in India
Aug 10, 2023 / 03:23 amThe controversy centers on a complex debate about which direction the priest should face when celebrating the liturgy.
‘Definitely worth it’: Family attends World Youth Day 2023 with 1-year-old son
Aug 9, 2023 / 08:30 amA young couple from Seattle braved the long flights and big crowds to experience World Youth Day in Lisbon with their firstborn.
Pope Francis: Mary ‘never keeps us waiting’
Aug 9, 2023 / 03:40 amPope Francis said he likes to invoke the Virgin Mary under the title of “Our Lady ‘in haste’” because of her swift intercession.