Rachel Lanz

Rachel Lanz worked as a social-media specialist for World Youth Day 2016 in Krakow, Poland, and continues to volunteer on the WYD social-media English team. She has a B.S. from Benedictine College in Journalism and Mass Communications. After taking a year to teach English in Spain, she went back to writing, working as the journalism intern for EWTN in Rome. She is now a Register staff writer based in Rome.

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The Center for Child Protection has 21 diploma and licentiate students; Jesuit Father Hans Zollner (third from the right) and Katharina Fuchs, Ph.D. (first from back left), help coordinate the program, which trains professionals to combat and prevent abuse.

Preventing Abuse: Rome University Offers First ‘Safeguarding’ Master’s Degree

The Center for Child Protection (CCP), part of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, is offering a new two-year licentiate master’s degree to combat and prevent child abuse.

Rachel Lanz Vatican November 21, 2018

Above, Father Willie Doyle (portrayed by Brian Milligan) distributes Communion to soldiers on the battlefield in Bravery Under Fire

Father Willie Doyle: World War I’s Forgotten ‘Martyr of Charity’

Looking back at the legacy of a military chaplain.

Rachel Lanz World November 10, 2018

Above, young persecuted Christians from the Middle East and Africa shared their challenges, joys and dreams in living the faith earlier this month. Below, the 'Cross in Fire' exhibition tells stories of persecuted Christians through photos, multimedia and salvaged artifacts. Patience Patrick, a business major, and Olagoke Boluwatife, a nursing student, from Nigeria and part of Hungary's scholarship program for young persecuted Christians, share their experiences.

Persecuted Christian Youth Share Harrowing Stories

In conjunction with synod, young people relate tales of persevering faith.

Rachel Lanz Vatican October 25, 2018

A clip from Pablo Moreno Hernández's film, Red de Libertad, with the main actress, Assumpta Serna, playing a nun and Daughter of Charity who created a nonviolent network that rescued more than 2,000 people during World War II.

How John Paul II’s ‘Letter to Artists’ Is Still Relevant

Movie makers look to express truth in film, follow papal inspiration.

Rachel Lanz Blogs October 22, 2018

Above, Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ sisters wait for their foundress, Katharina Kasper, to be announced a saint Oct. 14. Below, Fran Morlino (center) came to celebrate the canonization of her distant aunt, St. Katharina, with her husband, Jim (far left), their kids, her cousin Tom (second to right) and his two children.

A Saint in the Family: Relatives of Katharina Kasper Were in Rome for Canonization

Also present were members of the saint's order and Brother Leo Prabhakar, who received a miracle through the intercession of St. Katharina that made her canonization possible.

Rachel Lanz Vatican October 15, 2018