Articles by Hannah Brockhaus
'Slight' sickness keeps Pope Francis close to home, Vatican says
Feb 27, 2020 / 07:36 amPope Francis did not attend a scheduled meeting with Rome priests Thursday morning due to a “slight indisposition,” a Vatican spokesman said.
Pope Francis prays for Iraqis as Vatican confirms no papal visit in 2020
Feb 26, 2020 / 14:00 pmSpeaking to pilgrims from the Middle East during his general audience address, the pope gave a special welcome to people from Iraq, who he said were present in a “nice group.”
Pope Francis' Lent advice: Put down phone, pick up Bible
Feb 26, 2020 / 02:55 amPope Francis urged Catholics Wednesday to use the season of Lent to spend less time immersed in the chatter and noise of the world through television and their phones, and to spend more time in silence and in conversation with God.
Dioceses in northern Italy suspend Mass during coronavirus outbreak
Feb 24, 2020 / 06:54 amSeveral Catholic dioceses in northern Italy have suspended Mass and other activities this week to help contain the spread of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by coronavirus.
Personal conversion needed to confront Satan's lies, pope says in Lent message
Feb 24, 2020 / 03:34 amThere is an urgent need for personal conversion, without which the temptations of Satan, and the presence of evil, create a “hell here on earth,” Pope Francis said Monday in his 2020 Lenten message.
Argentine clergy abuse victims in Rome, one year after Vatican summit
Feb 21, 2020 / 12:49 pmOne year after the Vatican hosted a summit on the abuse crisis, three former students of an Argentine institute which cared for deaf children, and from which two priests were convicted last year of sexual abuse, have traveled to Rome to ask the Vatican for files on accused priests.
What to expect when Vatican archives on Venerable Pius XII open in March
Feb 20, 2020 / 11:32 amThe Vatican’s archives on the pontificate of Venerable Pius XII will become available for study March 2, possibly bringing to light new information about the pope’s actions during World War II.
Eastern Catholic bishops in US have particular pastoral concern for immigrants
Feb 19, 2020 / 12:01 pmIn the United States, Eastern Catholics face many of the same challenges as Latin rite Catholics, but the Eastern Catholic Churches are particularly concerned about growing anti-immigrant rhetoric and the plight of Christians overseas, a Ukrainian Catholic archbishop said Wednesday.
500 years later, Raphael tapestries rehung in Sistine Chapel
Feb 17, 2020 / 11:07 amFive hundred years after the death of Renaissance artist Raphael, the Vatican Museums has returned the tapestries he designed to their original place in the Sistine Chapel for just one week.
Pope Francis requires year of missionary work for future Vatican diplomat priests
Feb 17, 2020 / 05:09 amPope Francis has requested that priests in formation for the Holy See’s diplomatic service be required to spend one year in missionary work, the Vatican announced Monday.
Pope Francis: God's law brings freedom
Feb 16, 2020 / 06:26 amGod gives the grace both to follow his law exteriorly and to accept it in one’s heart, which is what gives true freedom from passion and sin, Pope Francis said in his Angelus address Sunday.
Next ordinary synod of bishops to be held in 2022
Feb 15, 2020 / 11:03 amThe next ordinary assembly of the synod of bishops is to be held in the fall of 2022, according to a press release from the Vatican on Saturday.
Pope Francis speaks about financial reforms to Vatican tribunal
Feb 15, 2020 / 05:24 amAs the Holy See awaits the results of a scheduled financial inspection, Pope Francis spoke about ongoing financial reform and investigations at the opening of the judicial year of the Vatican City State’s court, which he attended for the first time.
Pope Francis discusses 'Querida Amazonia' with US bishops in Rome
Feb 14, 2020 / 14:17 pmPope Francis this week discussed his new post-synodal apostolic exhortation, Querida Amazonia, with United States bishops in Rome for their ad limina visits to the tombs of the apostles Peter and Paul.
Pope Francis to laity: 'It is time for you' to share the Gospel
Feb 14, 2020 / 09:47 amLaypeople have a mandate to spread the Gospel in their concrete circumstances through the witness of their lives, Pope Francis said in a message sent Friday to Catholics attending a congress on laity in Spain.
Pope Francis on St. John Paul II: 'I learned from him'
Feb 13, 2020 / 10:33 amIn a newly published book, Pope Francis answers questions about himself and St. John Paul II, saying he learned the importance of joy and mercy from his predecessor, and they are in “total harmony” on the subject of priestly ministry.
Vatican officials: 'Querida Amazonia' is magisterium, Amazon synod's final doc is not
Feb 12, 2020 / 07:56 amPope Francis' post-synodal exhortation on the Amazon is part of ordinary magisterium -- that is official Church teaching -- while the final document of the Vatican’s 2019 Amazon synod is not, Cardinal Michael Czerny, special secretary of the Amazon synod, said Feb. 12.
In Querida Amazonia, pope calls for women in Church leadership, but not diaconate
Feb 12, 2020 / 04:30 amPope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the Amazon calls for women in the South American region to be included in new forms of service in the Church, but not within the ordained ministries of the permanent diaconate or priesthood.
Knights of Columbus celebrate 100 years of charity in Rome
Feb 11, 2020 / 10:05 amA group of the Knights of Columbus are on pilgrimage in Rome to celebrate 100 years of their charitable presence in the Eternal City.
Pope emphasizes unity in message to bishops connected to Focolare Movement
Feb 10, 2020 / 11:34 amPope Francis emphasized unity in a message sent Monday to bishops connected to the Focolare Movement, which is celebrating 100 years since the birth of its founder.