Pope Francis broke one of the Vatican’s “stained-glass ceilings” on Monday by appointing an Italian sister as the prefect of ...

Pope Francis on Monday named Sister Simona Brambilla the first female prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated ...

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 ...

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David as a member of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith ...

The cause for canonization of Argentine businessman Enrique Shaw took another step forward as the alleged miracle attributed ...

In a groundbreaking decision, Pope Francis has appointed the Italian missionary nun, Simona Brambilla, M.C., as prefect of ...

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

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, Bishop of Kalookan in the Philippines, to the Vatican’s Dicastery ...

Sister Brambilla, who trained as a nurse before entering religious life, was a missionary in Mozambique in the late 1990s.

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona ...

Sister Simona Brambilla has been named prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic ...