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

Pope Francis has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla to lead a Vatican department, naming the first woman head of the office that oversees the world's Catholic religious orders and congregations.

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

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to lead a major Vatican department, appointing an Italian sister to take charge ...

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

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

More pardons, measures to prevent homegrown political extremism, and more military aid for Israel are among the plans that ...

Pope Francis on Thursday expressed condolences to the archbishop of New Orleans over the attack in the US city that killed at ...

Cardinal Angelo Amato, the former prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the ... AC Wimmer (刘威猛) is the News Editor for Europe and Asia at EWTN News. The multilingual Australian ...

The Vatican on Monday assigned a bishop from California to lead the Archdiocese of Washington and its over half-million catholic parishioners as the region, and the nation prepares for a political ...