Articles by Hannah Brockhaus
Pope Francis asks financial consultants to put people before business
Sep 22, 2022 / 11:00 amThe pope spoke about the role of integral human development in the financial sector during a Sept. 22 meeting at the Vatican with consultants for Deloitte.
German bishop says he won’t resign after report he mishandled abuse cases
Sep 22, 2022 / 06:22 amA report published Sept. 20 said Bishop Franz-Josef Bode mishandled abuse cases in the Diocese of Osnabrück, in northwestern Germany, which he has led since 1995.
‘Full members of the Church’: Catholics with disabilities contribute to Synod on Synodality
Sep 21, 2022 / 07:25 amCatholics with disabilities delivered to Pope Francis on Wednesday a report they prepared for the Synod on Synodality.
Pope Francis: Saint Pius V teaches us to seek truth, pray the rosary
Sep 17, 2022 / 08:45 amThis year marks the 450th anniversary of the death of Saint Pius V on May 1, 1572.
Vatican holds contest to choose music for official hymn of 2025 Jubilee Year
Sep 17, 2022 / 05:12 amThe original musical composition should include a score for voice and organ, the Vatican said.
Interreligious dialogue an urgent need, Pope Francis says at close of Kazakhstan congress
Sep 15, 2022 / 04:41 amIn his final remarks in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Pope Francis said interreligious dialogue is an urgently needed path to peace.
Kazakhstan interreligious congress adopts declaration calling religious pluralism ‘God’s will’
Sep 15, 2022 / 04:07 amThe congress Pope Francis participated in this week adopted a declaration calling religious pluralism an expression “of the wisdom of God’s will in creation.”
‘Every human being is sacred,’ Pope Francis tells religious leaders in Kazakhstan
Sep 14, 2022 / 00:16 amIt is the task of religions to remind society of the sacredness of all human life, Pope Francis told leaders of the world’s religions in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.
Encounter with Pope Francis caps formation course for new bishops
Sep 8, 2022 / 07:50 amAfter a COVID-caused hiatus, the Vatican’s new bishop school was back in session this week.
Who is preparing the Synod on Synodality’s key working document?
Sep 8, 2022 / 04:56 amIn late August, the leadership of the Synod of Bishops announced the next stage in the Catholic Church’s Synod on Synodality.
Pope Francis: God can speak to us in the unexpected
Sep 7, 2022 / 04:24 amGod can speak to us in the unexpected moments of our lives if we learn to listen well to what he is telling us in our hearts, Pope Francis said on Wednesday.
Artist paints Kazakh Mary and Child for only Marian shrine in Kazakhstan
Sep 6, 2022 / 09:03 amA Kazakh artist is creating possibly the first-ever painting of Mary and the Child Jesus as native Kazakhs; it will be displayed in Kazakhstan’s only Marian shrine.
'Hope is dying' in Syria, nuncio says
Sep 3, 2022 / 12:30 pmPope Francis’ representative in Syria has said people are losing hope as the Syrian civil war continues and widespread poverty explodes.
John Paul I miracle recipient to miss beatification due to broken foot
Sep 3, 2022 / 07:45 amCandela Giarda thanked “Pope John Paul I for this second chance at life that he gave me.”
Pope Francis replaces Order of Malta governing body, high offices
Sep 3, 2022 / 05:05 amConcerns have been raised throughout the reform process that some of Pope Francis’ actions threaten the Order of Malta’s sovereignty.
New cardinal and clergy chief: ‘My role is to encourage priests’
Aug 31, 2022 / 04:24 amA new cardinal and the Vatican’s prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy said his role is to encourage priests and help them live lives based on the Word of God.
Pope Francis to cardinals: We are jointly responsible for the Church
Aug 30, 2022 / 13:00 pmWe have the same mission to evangelize the world as did the apostles 2,000 years ago, a fact that should fill us with wonder at our position of responsibility, Pope Francis said at Mass with the College of Cardinals Tuesday.
Vatican: Pope Francis’ Ukraine War comments not a ‘political stance’
Aug 30, 2022 / 05:51 amThe Holy See said Pope Francis’ recent comments on a car bombing that killed the daughter of an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin should not be interpreted as a “political stance.”
Cardinal McElroy celebrates Mass of Thanksgiving in Rome
Aug 28, 2022 / 12:26 pmCardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego is the United States' newest cardinal.
Date of canonization of immigrant nurse Artemide Zatti announced
Aug 27, 2022 / 08:33 amArtemide Zatti is the first Salesian coadjutor to be declared a saint.