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

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 ...

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

The unusual decision to has sparked discussion about the intersection of traditional Church hierarchy and Pope Francis’ ...

Sister Simona Brambilla will head the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

ROME -- Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the ...

McElroy, known for a pastoral approach to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, will lead an archdiocese still bruised by a ...

Cardinal Angelo Amato, the former prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints who oversaw numerous significant canonizations including that of Mother Teresa, died Dec. 31.

In lesser hands, Conclave might have been a political thriller that happens to take place at the Vatican, similar to how some horror movies use exorcism as a device without addressing the ...

Biden accepted Francis' invitation to visit the Vatican during a Thursday phone ... Before the White House's official announcement, reporters asked Biden as he departed Marine One whether he ...

Bishop Peter Wu Yishun was consecrated bishop of Minbei in Fujian in southeast China, the Vatican said in a statement ... who have been divided between an official church and an underground ...

"Major countries with diplomatic ties to the Holy See usually send career diplomats, except for the U.S., which rewards Catholics involved in campaigns," noted a Vatican official. Other nations ...