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

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

Sister Raffaella Petrini, vice governor of the Governorate of Vatican City State, meets with Pope Francis. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – In a new interview Pope Francis announced that ...

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.

Earlier this month, Pope Francis appointed the first woman to head a Vatican department, Sister Simona Brambilla, former superior general in Italy of the Consolata Missionaries. Sister Simona ...

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 ...

A nun will take over as head of the Vatican City State’s executive branch in March ... The announcement of Petrini’s elevation follows the appointment of Sister Simona Brambilla as Prefect of the ...

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.