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

Pope Francis has appointed the Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to head one of the Vatican's dicasteries, making her the ...

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 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 ...

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

Stapleton, a recent graduate of Franciscan University, a Catholic college in Ohio, will be among the less than 1 percent of nuns in the United States today who are 30 or younger. That number has ...

The move marks a major step in Pope Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in the church, while standing firm on ...

While women have been in secondary positions in the church, no woman has held the role of a prefect. The office now headed by ...

President Joe Biden awarded gay marriage and abortion activists with Presidential Citizens Medals Thursday. Mary Bonauto, an ...

Catholic news organization, comprised of television, radio, print and digital media outlets, dedicated to reporting the ...

Attorney Elaine Appleberry, who has practiced law in Louisiana for over 30 years, teaches the law and civil leadership ...