Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, 59, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the ...
Women are still excluded from ordination as priests, and discussions about female ordination continue to create divisions ...
He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...
Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, tapping Sister Simona Brambilla to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the world’s religious orders. (AP ...
The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.
Sister Simona Brambilla holds a doctorate in psychology and has served as superior general of the Consolata Missionaries and ...
Nuns with a priest on the steps of the León Cathedral in Nicaragua. (Photo by Adam Jones / CC BY-SA 2.0) Nicaragua's government issued an ultimatum to the country's remaining religious sisters ...
On Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024, Pope Francis will open the Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica. The first major event that will begin the ordinary Jubilee of 2025. In the photo, Pope Francis ...