By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jul 5, 2023 / 10:58 am The Vatican will again offer a plenary indulgence to mark the third World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly on July 23. The indulgence can be received by grandparents, the elderly, and all Catholics who, “motivated by the true spirit …

By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Jun 28, 2023 / 12:48 pm “God, is this right?” Archbishop George Leo Thomas prayed when he was first appointed to lead the Church in Las Vegas in 2018. He was moving to the deserts of southern Nevada after 14 years in Montana’s Rocky Mountains and …

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jun 27, 2023 / 04:31 am Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of the embattled Bishop Rick Stika of Knoxville, Tennessee. Stika, 65, was investigated by the Vatican for mismanagement of his diocese. He is also named in a 2022 lawsuit (refiled in 2023) accusing …

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jun 22, 2023 / 05:37 am Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, a Black religious sister who founded the country’s first African American religious congregation in Baltimore in 1829. The recognition of Lange’s heroic virtue and the advancement of her …

By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Jun 15, 2023 / 09:50 am Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital on Friday morning, according to the Vatican. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said 86-year-old Pope Francis continues to make a normal recovery eight days after he underwent a three-hour surgery to repair an …

By Hannah Brockhaus, Tyler Arnold Vatican City, Jun 7, 2023 / 03:51 am Pope Francis will undergo abdominal surgery under general anesthesia on Wednesday afternoon, the Vatican has said. The 86-year-old Francis, who has spent most of his 10 years as pope in relatively good health, has dealt with several painful medical …

By Courtney Mares, Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Jun 7, 2023 / 03:01 am Pope Francis will undergo abdominal surgery under general anesthesia on Wednesday afternoon, the Vatican has confirmed. The operation was planned by the pope’s medical team in recent days after it became necessary due to a hernia that was causing …

By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, May 25, 2023 / 09:33 am Catholic pilgrims are descending on a Benedictine monastery in rural Missouri after a seemingly incredible discovery. The body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB, the African American foundress of the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, appears to be in an …

By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, May 23, 2023 / 04:50 am Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed Erie, Pennsylvania, priest Monsignor Edward M. Lohse to lead the Diocese of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Lohse, 61, succeeds Bishop Paul J. Bradley, 77, whose resignation was accepted by Pope Francis on May 23. Bradley will continue …

By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, May 18, 2023 / 08:00 am As Rome and the Vatican prepare for an influx of millions of people for a special year focused on hope, one experienced jubilee attendee is offering her advice for a fruitful pilgrimage. “A pilgrimage as massive as that of a …