Articles by Hannah Brockhaus
Documentary brings Father Marko Rupnik abuse allegations to big screen
Sep 20, 2025 / 07:00 amThe documentary “Nuns vs. The Vatican” premiered at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this month.
Pope Leo XIV: Family is ‘a gift and a task’ for the Church, society
Sep 19, 2025 / 10:00 amAt the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV addressed participants in a meeting on the challenges to families in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Pope Leo XIV: My priority is the Gospel, not solving the world’s problems
Sep 18, 2025 / 08:30 amPope Leo XIV gave an interview for the biography “Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the 21st Century,” out now in Spanish and next year in English.
Cardinal Parolin on Charlie Kirk death: ‘We are against all types of violence’
Sep 11, 2025 / 12:11 pmCardinal Pietro Parolin, in comments responding to the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, said the Vatican condemns violence against those with whom one disagrees.
Cardinal Burke to celebrate Traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica
Sep 9, 2025 / 11:00 amThe Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage was not able to receive authorization to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s in 2023 and 2024.
Castel Gandolfo renaissance as Pope Leo XIV spends day at papal retreat
Sep 9, 2025 / 10:30 amThe Vatican said Pope Leo XIV “will continue his activities” from Villa Barberini — his residence in Castel Gandolfo, 18 miles south of Rome — Sept. 8-9.
Vatican experts say Minneapolis shooting victims could qualify as ‘new martyrs’
Sep 8, 2025 / 09:15 amVatican experts said the victims of last month’s shooting at a Minneapolis church could one day be included on a list of “new martyrs and witnesses of the faith.”
Peace starts in our hearts, Pope Leo tells Mediterranean Youth Council
Sep 5, 2025 / 10:00 amPope Leo XIV told members of the Mediterranean Youth Council to combine prayer and action to promote peace in the Mediterranean region.
Pope Leo XIV discusses Gaza, 2-state solution with Israeli president
Sep 4, 2025 / 12:14 pmPope Leo XIV discussed the conflict in Gaza, including a two-state solution, with Israel President Isaac Herzog in a private audience at the Vatican on Thursday morning.
Jesus Bikers rev up support for charity with motorcycle for Pope Leo XIV
Sep 3, 2025 / 12:30 pmA group of black-clad bikers rumbled into St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday to present Pope Leo XIV with a custom cruiser motorcycle destined for charity.
Pope Leo XIV pleads for help for ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Sudan
Sep 3, 2025 / 08:00 amPope Leo XIV pleaded for assistance for the people of Sudan, who are experiencing violence, famine, natural disasters, and disease.
Pope Leo XIV supports ‘important and urgent’ Creation Day Sept. 1
Sep 1, 2025 / 13:00 pmPope Leo XIV has voiced his support for the Sept. 1 celebration of the World Day of Prayer for Creation, an ecumenical initiative encouraged by Pope Francis.
Pope Leo XIV meets Father James Martin at the Vatican
Sep 1, 2025 / 06:00 amFather James Martin, who is in Rome to lead a Jubilee pilgrimage for his LGBTQ ministry, Outreach, also had one-on-one audiences with Pope Francis twice.
Pope Leo prays for Minneapolis school shooting victims, laments ‘pandemic of arms’
Aug 31, 2025 / 07:10 amPope Leo XIV prayed for the victims of a shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis and the children who die around the world from gun violence.
Andrea Bocelli, Pharrell Williams to direct Vatican concert for human fraternity
Aug 29, 2025 / 11:51 amThe Sept. 13 concert, which is free and open to the public, will also include a drone light show and talks on themes including peace, justice, food, freedom, and humanity.
Pope Leo XIV: ‘Christian hope is not evasion, but decision’
Aug 27, 2025 / 09:00 amAddressing thousands of pilgrims in the Vatican’s Paul VI Audience Hall, Pope Leo XIV on Aug. 27 emphasized Jesus’ embrace of suffering.
Pope Leo XIV transfers Detroit auxiliary bishop to San Antonio Archdiocese
Aug 26, 2025 / 09:45 amBishop José Arturo Cepeda returns to San Antonio, where he served as a priest from his ordination in 1996 until his consecration as an auxiliary bishop for Detroit in 2011.
Pope Leo XIV speaks to 1 million youth at jubilee: ‘Stay with us, Lord’
Aug 2, 2025 / 18:15 pmThe pontiff was greeted Aug. 2 by joyous crowds on the 237-acre grounds of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, 10 miles east of Rome.
Start of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate brings surge of interest in papal blessings
Jul 31, 2025 / 10:41 amThe surge in blessings reflects enthusiasm over the start of a new pontificate and highlights a traditional practice that combines devotion with fundraising for charitable works.
Vatican permits exclusively private devotion for alleged apparitions at Italian mountain
Jul 29, 2025 / 10:47 amSant’Onofrio is a mountain in the southern Italian region of Molise. Since 2009, Michelino Marcovecchio has claimed to receive visions and messages of the Virgin Mary.