Articles by Hannah Brockhaus
Pope Francis’ message for Lent 2023: ‘We need to listen to Jesus’
Feb 17, 2023 / 04:30 am“Lent is a time of grace to the extent that we listen to him as he speaks to us,” Pope Francis said.
Vatican archbishop to visit Catholics in Syria and Turkey as they confront earthquake fallout
Feb 16, 2023 / 11:55 amA Vatican archbishop will visit Catholics in Syria and Turkey as they continue to help those affected by the result of multiple devastating earthquakes.
Pope Francis: ‘I believe that the pope’s ministry is for life’
Feb 16, 2023 / 08:34 amPope Francis addressed once again the question of whether he will resign the papacy in two conversations with Jesuit priests in Africa this month.
Pope Francis creates independent supervisory commission for Rome Diocese
Feb 15, 2023 / 07:50 amThe oversight committee is part of the pope’s reform of the governance of the Rome Diocese.
Pope Francis contributes to earthquake relief efforts in Syria and Turkey
Feb 15, 2023 / 05:15 amBoxes of thermal shirts took sail from the port of Naples, Italy, destined for Turkey, on the morning of Feb. 15.
Quebec cardinal: ‘We’re not managers, we’re not the boss’ of laypeople
Feb 14, 2023 / 11:45 amThe Catholic cardinal of Quebec said Tuesday that pastors are to be shepherds who help their people grow in a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Salesian priest named prefect of Vatican library
Feb 14, 2023 / 05:50 amAs prefect, Father Mauro Mantovani will help run the Vatican’s library alongside the librarian, Archbishop Angelo Vincenzo Zani.
Pope Francis names Bishop Frank Leo to lead Archdiocese of Toronto in Canada
Feb 11, 2023 / 09:10 amBishop Frank Leo has been an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, since September 2022.
Meeting Pope Francis ‘a dream come true’ for South Sudanese youth
Feb 11, 2023 / 08:00 am“We thought we were just going to go and see the pope. But actually it has turned in to something life-changing for all of us who have taken part in it.”
Vatican invites Rome poor to a day at the circus
Feb 11, 2023 / 03:42 amThe Vatican’s charity office has invited around 2,000 poor and marginalized people to a circus performance in Rome on Saturday.
Who was Father Marko Rupnik’s superior while he was being investigated?
Feb 10, 2023 / 13:45 pmThe ministry of Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik was and continues to be under restrictions, according to the Jesuit order.
Pope Francis meets with Cardinal Becciu amid ongoing Vatican finance trial
Feb 9, 2023 / 08:48 amSince July 2021, Cardinal Angelo Becciu has been on trial in the Vatican on several finance-related charges.
Benedict XVI describes ‘Protestantization’ of the Eucharist in posthumous publication
Feb 8, 2023 / 08:30 amPope Benedict XVI’s essay on the Eucharist is part of a series of texts the pope emeritus wrote after his resignation in 2013.
Pope Francis leads Hail Mary for victims of earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Feb 8, 2023 / 02:56 am“We pray that Our Lady will protect them,” the pope said at the end of his Wednesday general audience.
Pope Francis: Partisans have used Benedict XVI’s death ‘to serve their own interests’
Feb 5, 2023 / 11:35 amBenedict XVI was “not a bitter man,” Pope Francis said, speaking during his inflight press conference Feb. 5 of his relationship with his predecessor.
Pope Francis meets 2,500 refugees in South Sudan
Feb 4, 2023 / 10:25 amSouth Sudan has the largest refugee crisis in Africa.
Priest, 5 students arrested for chants against president after Pope Francis event in DRC
Feb 4, 2023 / 09:00 amThe students and Father Guy Julien Muluku were detained nearly 34 hours before being released shortly before 10 p.m. on Feb. 3.
Pope Francis holds moment of silence for slain priests and religious in South Sudan
Feb 4, 2023 / 04:00 amPope Francis met with bishops, priests, and religious on the second day of his historic visit to South Sudan.
‘No more bloodshed,’ Pope Francis begs South Sudan’s leaders
Feb 3, 2023 / 11:36 amOn the first day of his peace pilgrimage, Pope Francis begged the leaders of South Sudan to work together to put an end to bloody conflict in their country.
Youth walk 9 days and 250 miles across South Sudan to see Pope Francis
Feb 3, 2023 / 10:18 amThe peace pilgrimage, an initiative of the Diocese of Rumbek in central South Sudan, began from Holy Family Cathedral on Jan. 25, the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul.