Pope Francis has said he wants to give women greater leadership roles in the Roman Catholic Church. If he really wants to ...

A Mozambican Catholic Nun has welcomed Pope Francis’ appointment of Sr. Simona Brambilla as the first woman to lead the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, de ...

Pope Francis warned Wednesday against a "chauvinistic mentality" in the Catholic Church, as he promoted a nun to head the executive administration of the tiny Vatican City state.

Sister Raffaella Petrini, vice governor of the Governorate of Vatican City State, meets with Pope Francis. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – In a new interview Pope Francis announced that ...

The first is the groundbreaking move from the Vatican, which has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla as the prefect tasked with overseeing all Catholic Church religious orders. She is the first woman to ...

Now, we have many,” Francis added. The announcement of Petrini’s elevation follows the appointment of Sister Simona Brambilla as Prefect of the Dicastery for Consecrated Life on Jan. 6. The hour-long ...

(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) This image released on Wednesday Jan. 8, 2025 by the Vatican Media shows Pope Francis shaking hands with Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun who is the first ...

Pope Francis will install Franciscan nun Raffaella Petrini as head of the General Secretariat of the Government of the State ...

ROME (AP) — 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 ...