Italian nun Sister Simona Brambilla is the new prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of ...

Pope Francis broke one of the Vatican’s “stained-glass ceilings” on Monday by appointing an Italian sister as the prefect of ...

The unusual decision to has sparked discussion about the intersection of traditional Church hierarchy and Pope Francis’ ...

Pope Francis appoints the Vatican Secretary of State as Pontifical Legate for the consecration of a new church on the eastern ...

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

Orthodox Christians participated in blessing of the waters ceremonies, while Catholics in the Vatican attended Mass in St.

Estonia is hosting the Taizé European Meeting until January 1 for the first time. In this divided country, the small Catholic ...

The celebration of Easter and Christmas, the two greatest solemnities, continues for eight days, with each octave governed by ...

From December 25 to January 6, there became a 12-day period from the one major celebration to the next major observance. Thus ...

While much of the world marks Christmas on December 25, some countries celebrate on different dates—or not at all—due to ...

Sophia Wern loves the students she teaches at St. Helena Catholic School in Minneapolis ... For Father Milless, it was the first time he has participated or even seen a baptism of a teacher’s baby ...

We cannot baptize a child against the wishes of its parents; and if the parents are not Catholics, they must not only consent to the baptism, but also agree to bring the child up in the Catholic ...