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

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

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

Pope Francis meets with nuns at the Union of St. Catherine of ... Pope Francis, who has led the Catholic church since 2013, found himself in hot water in the past for using derogatory language.

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 has appointed the Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to head one of the Vatican's dicasteries, making her the first female prefect in the Catholic Church's history. The Vatican's press ...

Pope Francis has appointed the first ... female ­influence into the leadership of the Catholic Church. Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, will become prefect of the department responsible ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the ...

“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 ...

VATICAN CITY, — 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 ...