Pope Francis has named a nun to head a prominent office at the Vatican, the first time a woman has held that position and the ...

The appointment of both a nun as prefect and a cardinal as pro-prefect of a Vatican dicastery marks an unprecedented ...

French Bishop Dominique Rey said he was recently informed by the nuncio, the pope’s ambassador in France, that Pope Francis ...

In a key milestone for women's empowerment in the Vatican, Pope Francis has appointed sister Simona Brambilla as Vatican's first female prefect. The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis' aim ...

Known for his support of the Traditional Latin Mass, Bishop Rey had also ordained diocesan clerics using the 1962 Roman ...

Pope Francis has appointed Consolata Missionary Sister Simona Brambilla to be the first woman to lead a Vatican dicastery, ...

Pope Francis appointed on Monday an Italian nun as prefect of the Vatican's department responsible for all the Catholic ...

This is a very significant beginning,” Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the chief Vatican organizer of the Jubilee Year, said in a ...

Pope Francis has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla to lead a Vatican department, naming the first woman head of the office that oversees the ...

Pope Francis named Cardinal Robert McElroy as the eighth Archbishop of Washington, DC, succeeding Cardinal Wilton Gregory.

Pope Francis has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla to lead a Vatican department, naming the first woman head of the office ...