Articles by Hannah Brockhaus
Pope Francis: Tech companies have a responsibility to protect children
Nov 14, 2019 / 10:39 amIn a speech to the head of major global tech companies, Pope Francis said Thursday that protecting children from evils such as trafficking and pornography requires a recognition of the limits of online freedom.
Pope’s cousin, a Salesian missionary, to join papal entourage in Thailand
Nov 14, 2019 / 09:15 amSalesian Sister Ana Rosa Sivori, Pope Francis’ second cousin who has been a missionary in Thailand for over 50 years, will be in attendance during papal meetings in the country later this month.
Pope Francis names Spanish Jesuit head of Vatican's economy secretariat
Nov 14, 2019 / 04:47 amPope Francis Nov. 14 appointed Spanish Jesuit Fr. Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves as prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, following the expiration of Cardinal George Pell’s term in February.
Catholic couple brings the love of family to young people with mental illness
Nov 10, 2019 / 16:10 pmFor Catholic couple Austin and Catherine Mardon, mental illness is personal.
Francis prays for reconciliation as South Sudan struggles to form coalition government
Nov 10, 2019 / 05:08 amDuring the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis led Catholics in praying a ‘Hail Mary’ for peace and reconciliation for South Sudan, whose leaders are locked in disagreement as they try to form a government after a peace deal was struck last year.
Pope urges Catholics to meet the poor and speak to them with love
Nov 9, 2019 / 10:54 amGo out to meet the poor, listen to them, and speak to them with the heart of Jesus, Pope Francis said Saturday at Mass in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.
Theology in 'dialogue with cultures' renews humanity, Pope Francis says
Nov 9, 2019 / 06:40 amWhen theology and philosophy engage with cultures in creative ways, they become a powerful tool for renewing humanity with the Word of God, Pope Francis said Saturday, during the awarding of the 2019 Ratzinger Prize.
Prison ministry includes helping people after incarceration, Pope Francis says
Nov 8, 2019 / 11:01 amIn addition to looking after the physical and spiritual needs of those in prison, Catholics have an obligation to recognize the humanity of those who have left the prison system and to help them get back on their feet, Pope Francis said Friday.
When bombs fell on the Vatican
Nov 5, 2019 / 15:01 pmIt was a dark autumn night in Rome, which was suffering under the occupation of Nazi Germany and was the target of bombing raids by Allied and Axis forces.
Former vicar general of Rome: Ordaining married men in Amazon a 'wrong choice'
Nov 5, 2019 / 12:01 pmCardinal Camillo Ruini, who served as Vicar General of Rome for 17 years and was a close collaborator of St. John Paul II, has said he hopes Pope Francis will not allow an exception to priestly celibacy in the Amazon region.
Pope Francis celebrates All Souls' Day Mass in Rome catacombs
Nov 2, 2019 / 09:38 amPope Francis celebrated Mass Saturday for the souls of the dead in Rome’s Catacombs of Priscilla, saying the place of a Christian is in the safety of the hands of God, whatever the outside circumstances might be.
The saints show that real people can be holy, Pope Francis says
Nov 1, 2019 / 04:45 amThe saints were real people whose strength to face daily challenges came from the grace of Jesus Christ, showing that everyone can be holy, Pope Francis said Friday on the Feast of All Saints Day.
Religion should transmit ‘values and virtues’ to next generation, pope says
Oct 31, 2019 / 09:25 amPope Francis spoke Thursday about education as a path to peace, saying that if people of faith do not transmit concrete values to young people, the message will get stuck in the incomprehensible abstract.
Pope Francis to meet victims of Japan's 2011 'triple disaster'
Oct 30, 2019 / 12:02 pmPope Francis’ three-day visit to Japan in November will include a meeting with people affected by the country’s “triple disaster,” when a major earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 11, 2011 triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Pope Francis prays for stability in Iraq amid deadly protests
Oct 30, 2019 / 04:18 amPope Francis prayed Wednesday for Iraq, where 18 more people were killed and hundreds wounded Oct. 29 during political protests in Karbala.
Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim leaders sign declaration against euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide
Oct 28, 2019 / 11:15 amLeaders of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam presented a signed declaration to Pope Francis Monday expressing their total opposition to euthanasia and any form of physician-assisted suicide, as well as voicing their support of palliative end-of-life care.
Pope Francis changes name of secret archive to Vatican Apostolic Archive
Oct 28, 2019 / 05:15 amPope Francis declared Monday that the Vatican Secret Archive be changed to the title of Vatican Apostolic Archive, to avoid the negative associations which accompany modern interpretations of the word “secret.”
Church must convert from cultural, ecological sins, Amazon synod concludes
Oct 26, 2019 / 14:45 pmThe Amazon synod final document, published Saturday, laid out the need to define “ecological sins” while calling the Church to walk new paths of “integral conversion.”
Pope asks for focus on 'diagnosis' of Amazon synod report; warns against ‘elite Christians’ focusing on the ‘little things’
Oct 26, 2019 / 12:10 pmIn his closing remarks for the Amazon synod Saturday, Pope Francis urged the media not to give undue attention to aspects of the assembly's final report addressing Church discipline while ignoring the assembly’s “diagnoses” of cultural, social, pastoral and ecological issues in the Pan-Amazonian region.
Christ must take center place, Amazon synod participant says
Oct 24, 2019 / 09:18 amAn indigenous Peruvian who is participating in the Amazon synod said Thursday that if Catholics in the region are to have their own rite, then without question Christ must be at its center.