He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

Sister Simona Brambilla was appointed as the prefect of a Vatican office that oversees religious orders, but she may not be ...

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, a vocal defender of migrants and critic of Donald Trump’s first ...

Sister Simona Brambilla, 60, of Italy will be prefect of the Dicastery for Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

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

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

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 ...

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

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

On Dec. 20, Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Brian Burch as the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Burch, ...

Pope Francis taps one of most outspoken and progressive-leaning U.S. Catholic leaders to Washington, D.C. ahead of Trump term ...

The appointment of Robert W. McElroy is a signal of the pope’s priorities, two weeks before Donald J. Trump’s term begins.