Articles by Hannah Brockhaus
5 things to know and share about St. Nicholas
Dec 6, 2025 / 04:00 amHow much do you know about the man whose feast falls on Dec. 6?
Airbus computer issue affects papal plane during trip to Turkey
Nov 29, 2025 / 08:30 amAround 6,000 Airbus planes were grounded this weekend after it was discovered that intense solar radiation could interfere with onboard flight control computers.
PHOTOS: St. Cecilia, martyr and patron saint of music, rests in Roman basilica named for her
Nov 22, 2025 / 04:00 amSt. Cecilia, widely known as the patron saint of music and musicians, is buried in the Basilica of St. Cecilia in the Roman neighborhood of Trastevere.
Synod on Synodality reports reveal continued study on women, but not female diaconate
Nov 19, 2025 / 13:53 pmThe reports also show that a new group on the liturgy, requested by Pope Leo XIV, is not addressing the Vatican’s controversial restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass.
Pope Leo XIV on Nigeria: ‘Christians and Muslims have been slaughtered’
Nov 18, 2025 / 15:36 pmBoth Christians and Muslims have been slaughtered in Nigeria, where there is terrorist activity over economic questions, Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday.
Pope Leo XIV asks Rupnik accusers to be patient
Nov 4, 2025 / 16:02 pmPope Leo XIV asked alleged victims of Father Marko Rupnik to have patience as a trial on the priest’s alleged abuse begins at the Vatican.
Vatican nixes use of ‘Co-Redemptrix’ as title for Mary
Nov 4, 2025 / 08:15 amThe Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) released “Mater Populi Fidelis” (“The Mother of the Faithful People of God”) on Nov. 4.
Italian Basilica of St. Benedict reopens 9 years after it was destroyed by earthquake
Nov 3, 2025 / 10:00 amArchbishop Renato Boccardo of Spoleto-Norcia dedicated the newly repaired basilica, which marks the birthplace of St. Benedict, on Oct. 31.
Vatican to weigh in on Mary’s role in salvation with doctrine document on Nov. 4
Oct 30, 2025 / 09:14 amThe Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith will release a document on Nov. 4 about titles of Mary that refer to her “cooperation in the work of salvation.”
Pope calls for renewal of Catholic education amid challenges of modern society, technology
Oct 28, 2025 / 10:21 amIn “Drawing New Maps of Hope,” Pope Leo XIV reflects on the role of a Catholic education on the 60th anniversary of Gravissimum Educationis.
St. Bartolo Longo is an example for those with mental health struggles, priest says
Oct 28, 2025 / 06:00 amNewly canonized St. Bartolo Longo was a former Satanist “priest” whose remarkable conversion led him to create a Shrine to Our Lady of the Rosary.
Pope Leo XIV: The first lesson for every bishop is humility
Oct 26, 2025 / 18:24 pmPope Leo XIV consecrated Monsignor Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski a bishop during a Mass at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 26.
PHOTOS: Cardinal Burke celebrates Latin Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica
Oct 25, 2025 / 14:00 pmBurke celebrated the solemn pontifical Mass, a high Latin Mass said by a bishop, at the Altar of the Chair on the second day of the Oct. 24–26 Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage.
Pope Leo XIV gives advice for living with hope in a ‘troubled era’
Oct 25, 2025 / 13:00 pmPope Leo XIV said the key to living in a difficult time, when the Church’s teachings are often challenged, is to embrace the hope that is “not knowing.”
Pope Leo XIV: There’s no template for synodality across all countries
Oct 25, 2025 / 12:00 pmPope Leo XIV spoke about synodality during the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies Oct. 24–26, part of the Church’s Jubilee of Hope in 2025.
Pope Leo XIV to John Paul II Institute: Your mission is to speak and live the truth
Oct 24, 2025 / 13:44 pm“Your specific mission concerns the search for and common witness to the truth,” Pope Leo XIV said Oct. 24 at the Vatican.
Pope Leo XIV to name St. John Henry Newman a patron saint of Catholic education
Oct 22, 2025 / 09:07 amThe Holy Father will designate Newman as an official co-patron saint of education, together with St. Thomas Aquinas.
Pope Leo XIV meets clergy abuse survivors at Vatican
Oct 20, 2025 / 12:21 pmFour victims and two advocates from Ending Clergy Abuse had an hourlong conversation with Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 20.
Pope Leo XIV appoints Boston auxiliary Mark O’Connell to lead Diocese of Albany, New York
Oct 20, 2025 / 09:44 amPope Leo XIV on Monday named Bishop Mark O’Connell, an auxiliary bishop of Boston, the next bishop of the Diocese of Albany, New York.
Pope Leo XIV to grieving father: ‘Death never has the last word’
Oct 17, 2025 / 13:38 pmThe pontiff penned a letter to Francesco, a father of four, who wrote to the Holy Father about the death 18 years ago of his 12-year-old son, Domenico Maria.