Articles by Hannah Brockhaus
Pope Francis thanks Cardinal Ladaria for years heading Dicastery for Doctrine of the Faith
Sep 5, 2023 / 09:33 amOn Sept 11, Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández will assume the position in Ladaria's place as prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Pope Francis at Mongolia charity: ‘Only love can overcome selfishness’
Sep 3, 2023 / 20:40 pmPope Francis blessed a new charity called the “House of Mercy” on his last day in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Beatification novena for family of 9 martyred by Nazis begins Friday
Aug 31, 2023 / 12:30 pmAll Catholics are invited to join in nine consecutive days of prayer leading up to the beatification of the Ulma family, who were killed in 1944.
Pope Francis to release second Laudato Si’ on Oct. 4
Aug 30, 2023 / 08:47 amThe pope’s follow-up environmental document will be released on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi.
Pope Francis: St. Kateri Tekakwitha is an example of patience in suffering
Aug 30, 2023 / 05:23 am“Kateri Tekakwitha’s life shows us that every challenge can be overcome if we open our hearts to Jesus,” Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis: People — not machines — are the value of work
Aug 29, 2023 / 11:05 amHe also said businessmen and businesswomen can contribute to the common good through job creation, especially for young people.
Pope Francis asks for prayers as he travels to Mongolia, ‘the heart of Asia’
Aug 28, 2023 / 11:43 amThe pope will travel approximately 5,600 miles to Ulaanbaatar, the Mongolian capital, from Aug. 31 to Sept. 4.
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.