Sister Simona Brambilla holds a doctorate in psychology and has served as superior general of the Consolata Missionaries and ...

While women have been named to No. 2 spots in some Vatican offices, none were named prefect of a dicastery or congregation of ...

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

In 2024, Pope Francis urged orders to pray harder for more priests and nuns as he acknowledged the number of men and women entering Catholic religious life continues to plummet in parts of the ...

Elsewhere in the press • Both the issues of Catholic gynecologists not prescribing birth control due to their religious ...

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

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

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.

An Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, will become prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic Church’s ...