Articles by Hannah Brockhaus
Pope Francis: The Holy Spirit is ‘essential’ for unity in marriage
Oct 23, 2024 / 13:35 pm“What can the Holy Spirit have to do with marriage, for example? A great deal, perhaps the essential…” the pope said during his general audience Oct. 23.
French diocese to hold ordinations after two-year halt by Vatican
Oct 23, 2024 / 11:10 amOrdinations were halted by the Vatican in June 2022 following a fraternal visit to the diocese by Archbishop (now Cardinal) Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille.
Indonesian bishop declines cardinal appointment to ‘grow in priestly life’
Oct 23, 2024 / 06:19 amThe bishop’s request “was motivated by his desire to continue growing in priestly life and in service to the Church and the people of God,” the Holy See said.
Here’s what’s happening during the last week of the Synod on Synodality
Oct 19, 2024 / 08:30 amThe focus going forward will be the writing and editing of the Synod on Synodality’s final document.
Why did the Synod on Synodality hold extra theological meetings in 2024?
Oct 18, 2024 / 10:55 amAt the forums, speakers drew heavily on the Church’s dogmatic constitution from Vatican II, Lumen Gentium, in their defenses of synodality.
Italy criminalizes surrogacy sought by Italian citizens abroad
Oct 17, 2024 / 09:10 amWith the Oct. 16 vote, Italy will amend its law to extend its jurisdiction to criminalize even surrogacy “committed abroad.”
Australian archbishop: Synod on Synodality cannot ‘reinvent the Catholic faith’
Oct 16, 2024 / 10:20 am“It's the one Church, it’s the one faith, and we want to keep celebrating that even amidst our cultural diversity,” Australian Archbishop Anthony Fisher said.
This princess saint was not Harry Potter’s owl: St. Hedwig of Silesia
Oct 16, 2024 / 04:00 amSt. Hedwig of Silesia was a princess, wife, mother, and builder of bridges between the German and Polish people.
Catholics invited to ‘adopt’ Synod on Synodality members in prayer
Oct 12, 2024 / 12:30 pmThe prayer campaign sends a daily email with guidance on how to pray for the “adopted” Synod on Synodality participant.
Vatican shares Pope Francis’ schedule for December consistory to create cardinals
Oct 12, 2024 / 11:00 amOn Dec. 8, Pope Francis will preside at a Mass with the College of Cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Pope Francis writes letter to new cardinals: You express the Church’s unity
Oct 12, 2024 / 09:00 amPope Francis will add 21 members to the College of Cardinals at a consistory at the Vatican in December.
PHOTOS: Pope Francis, synod pray where first Christian martyrs of Rome were killed
Oct 11, 2024 / 16:00 pmThe ecumenical prayer vigil Oct. 11 was held in Roman Protomartyrs Square inside Vatican City.
Synod debates on bishops, laypeople opened to public at theology forums
Oct 11, 2024 / 15:00 pmSpeakers claimed an important part of synodality is implementing the proper understanding of a bishop’s authority in his diocese.
Pope Francis’ Brazilian pick for cardinal urges openness to ordaining married priests in region
Oct 10, 2024 / 12:20 pmArchbishop Jaime Spengler again indicated he is open to ordaining married men, so-called “viri probati,” to serve as priests — a subject debated at the Amazon synod.
Who is the Rome Diocese’s new vicar general, future Cardinal Baldassare Reina?
Oct 9, 2024 / 10:30 amAs he listed the names of the new cardinals, the pope named “His Excellency Monsignor Baldassare Reina, who will be ... vicar general for the Diocese of Rome.”
New cardinals say Europe is becoming the Catholic Church’s new ‘peripheries’
Oct 8, 2024 / 14:00 pm“When the Holy Father is talking about peripheries, I think the peripheries are moving. ... Maybe the peripheries are moving towards Europe,” Archbishop Kikuchi said.
At Synod on Synodality, pope says Church needs new ways for bishops to be ‘synodal’
Oct 2, 2024 / 14:05 pm“Never can a bishop, or any other Christian, think of himself ‘without others,’” Pope Francis said Wednesday at the first meeting of the 2024 Synod on Synodality.
Pope Francis appoints priest who serves disadvantaged youth to Vatican evangelization office
Oct 1, 2024 / 11:50 amFather Samuele Sangalli has a license in philosophy and also studied educational sciences, which he has put to use as president of the Sinderesi Foundation.
Pope Francis steers delicate course on women, the Church, and the Synod on Synodality 2024
Oct 1, 2024 / 10:00 amOn Oct. 2, Pope Francis will open the second session of the Synod on Synodality, the last part of the “discernment” phase of the process begun in 2021.
In Belgium, Pope Francis gives strong warning over scandal of abuse, cover-up
Sep 29, 2024 / 08:15 amThe Holy Father urged the Belgian bishops to bring the evil of abuse to light and not to cover up abuse.