Pope Francis warned Wednesday against a "chauvinistic mentality" in the Catholic Church, as he promoted a nun to head the ...

Pope Francis will install Franciscan nun Raffaella Petrini as head of the General Secretariat of the Government of the State ...

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

It’s been a big week for the papacy. From Pope Francis' sassy selection of a new Archbishop of Washington, D.C. (a frequent critic of president-elect Donald Trump) to Nikki Glaser’s star-turn singing ...

Many times in my life I have encountered nuns with a vinegar face, and this is not friendly," the pontiff recently remarked ...

Pope Francis has made history by naming an Italian nun as the first woman to head a prominent Vatican department.

Since the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis has appointed around 20 women to positions of responsibility in the ...

Pope Francis is headed to Asia for what is one of the longest foreign trips any head of the Catholic Church has ever embarked on. The pontiff will engage in interfaith dialogues with other ...

“Many times in my life I have encountered nuns with ... into the Catholic Church but not necessarily seminaries. The alleged incident followed an earlier accusation that Francis said a slur ...

ROME — Pope Francis on Monday named the first ... responsible for the women who do much of the church's work — the world's 600,000 Catholic nuns — as well as the 129,000 Catholic priests ...

ROME — Pope Francis on Monday named the ... responsible for the women who do much of the church’s work — the world’s 600,000 Catholic nuns — as well as the 129,000 Catholic priests ...

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office. He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian ...