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Hannah Brockhaus

Hannah Brockhaus

Hannah Brockhaus is Catholic News Agency's senior Rome correspondent. She grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and has a degree in English from Truman State University in Missouri.

At his first general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 21, 2025, Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace and the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, where, he said, children and elderly are suffering. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV Appeals for End to Hostilities in Gaza in First General Audience

Pope Leo XIV in the first general audience of his pontificate appealed for an end to hostilities in the Gaza...

Pope Leo XIV smiles during his first general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 21, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV to Meet Cardinals at Consistory to Approve Canonizations

Pope Francis had called for the consistory in late February, when he was in the hospital, but the date was...

Italian Cardinal Baldassare Reina was created a cardinal by Pope Francis during the consistory at St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 7, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

In First Personnel Appointments, Pope Leo XIV Replaces Chancellor of Rome's John Paul II Marriage, Family Institute

Pope Leo XIV on Monday named Cardinal Baldassare Reina grand chancellor of the Pontifical Theological Institute John Paul II for...

Pope Leo XIV waves during the inaugural Mass of his pontificate, held in St. Peter’s Square on May 18, 2025. He stands in front of a Flemish tapestry depicting the dialogue between Jesus and Peter after the miraculous catch of fish. / Credit: Vatican Media

A Papacy Begins: Pope Leo XIV Calls for United Church at His Inauguration Eucharistic Celebration

Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff, began his papacy with a richly-symbolic inaugural Mass, celebrated at the Vatican before...

Pope Leo XIV speaks to participants in the Jubilee of Eastern Churches on May 14, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Urges Eastern Catholics Not to Abandon War-torn Lands

“I thank God for those Christians — Eastern and Latin alike — who, above all in the Middle East, persevere...

Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists on May 12, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Veronica Giacometti/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV to Journalists: Thank You “for your service to the truth ... never give in to mediocrity”

In his first address to international media on Monday, Pope Leo XIV thanked journalists for their service to the truth...

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims in St. Pete’s Square shortly after his election on Thursday, May 8, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV’s First Words to the World: "Peace be with you all"

The 69-year-old new pope, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was elected the first pope from the United States on Thursday.

The papal fisherman’s ring and lead seal are nulled during the 12th general congregation of the College of Cardinals on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Cardinals Witness Destruction of Pope Francis’ Ring, Seal

The papal fisherman’s ring and lead seal were nulled during the 12th general congregation of the College of Cardinals on...

Cardinals participate in the fifth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on April 30, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

How Late Pope Francis Shaped Current College of Cardinals, Creating 108 out of the Expected 133 Electors

Of the 133 cardinals with the right to vote in this conclave, 108 were created by Pope Francis and therefore...

Cardinal Dominique Mamberti celebrates the ninth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on the third Sunday of Easter, May 4, 2025, at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Pope Francis Was "faithful to his mission", Cardinal Hails Late Pontiff for Love at Last Novendiales Mass

The mission of a pope “is love itself, which becomes service to the Church and to all humanity,” Cardinal Dominique...

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández elevates the chalice during the sixth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on May 1, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

For Pope Francis, “work itself was his joy, nourishment, rest”: Doctrine of Faith Prefect at 6th Novendiales Mass

The prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and a close personal friend of the late Pope...

Pope Francis greets young people gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on April 17, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

In Pope Francis' Video Message Recorded in January, Published after Passing On, Youths Told to "learn how to listen"

The video, shared by the Italian weekly magazine “Oggi,” was made public one day after the funeral Mass of Pope...

Prelates watch as Vatican officials prepare Pope Francis’ tomb in the Basilica of St. Mary Major on Saturday, April 26, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Laid to Rest in Beloved Marian Basilica after Coffin Crosses Rome in Popemobile

The pope’s burial site, at his request, is the Basilica of St. Mary Major, one of the four papal basilicas...

Pope Francis’ coffin is sealed prior to his funeral at St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday, April 25, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis’ Coffin Closed in Private Ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the camerlengo, presided over the rite of the closing and sealing of the coffin.

The body of Pope Francis lies in state at the Vatican's Domus Sanctae Marthae chapel, surrounded by Swiss Guards, cardinals, and Vatican officials paying their respects before his transfer to St. Peter's Basilica for public veneration, Monday, April 21, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican Releases First Photos of Pope Francis After His Death

The Vatican on Tuesday released the first photos of Pope Francis after his death, showing him dressed in red vestments...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra preside over the sealing of the papal apartment at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, Monday, April 21, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis’ Death: Vatican Holds “rite of ascertainment of death, deposition in the coffin”

Cardinal Kevin Farrell presided over the rite in the chapel of Pope Francis’ Vatican residence, the Casa Santa Marta, just...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell on May 2, 2017. / Credit: Lucia Ballester/CNA

Who's Cardinal Farrell, Camerlengo of Apostolic Chamber Leading Vatican Affairs, Papal Transition?

Cardinal Kevin Farrell is a key figure in the papal succession because of his appointment in 2019 as the camerlengo...

Bouquets of flowers are left by visitors to St. Peter's Square on Easter Monday following the news of the death of Pope Francis, Monday, April 21, 2025. | Credit: Kristina Millare/CNA

Pope Francis Died from Stroke, Coma, and Irreversible Cardiovascular Collapse: Vatican Physician

The Holy See on Monday evening released the death certificate detailing the cause of death of Pope Francis, who died...

Father Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap, gives the homily during a two-hour Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

On Good Friday, Vatican Preacher Says Authentic Intelligence is Found in Self-giving Love

Father Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap, in his homily emphasized the importance of self-gift over self-reliance and on surrender of one’s...

Pope Francis kisses the foot of one of the 12 women whose feet he washed at the Rebibbia Women’s Prison in Rome on Holy Thursday, March 28, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

As Pope Francis’ Health Improves, Vatican Says Cardinals to Celebrate Holy Week Liturgies

It has not yet been decided who will celebrate the Easter Vigil Mass on Saturday evening and the Easter Sunday...