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

Pope Francis has said he wants to give women greater leadership roles in the Roman Catholic Church. If he really wants to ...

Appointing another woman to an administrative post at the Vatican, Pope Francis says women suffer 'no deprivation' in not ...

Pope Francis warned Wednesday against a "chauvinistic mentality" in the Catholic Church, as he promoted a nun to head the executive administration of the tiny Vatican City state.

Listen ROME – Pope Francis Friday met with the first survivor to publicly denounce abuses in the Peru-based Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV), confirming its suppression and assuring his ...

Francis earlier this month appointed Sister Simona Brambilla to lead the Vatican's office that oversees the world's Catholic religious orders and congregations. Francis has been naming women to ...

He praised Scicluna and Bertomeu, as well as the new prefect of the Vatican’s office for religious orders, Sister Simona Brambilla, since she is ultimately responsible for the SCV.