Italian nun Sister Simona Brambilla is the new prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of ...

Women are still excluded from ordination as priests, and discussions about female ordination continue to create divisions ...

The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office. He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian ...

Pope Francis has made history by naming an Italian nun as the first woman to head a prominent Vatican department.

“She has been appointed Prefect – so essentially the president of this Dicastery [department] - alongside what the Vatican ...

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