Women are still excluded from ordination as priests, and discussions about female ordination continue to create divisions ...

Sister Simona Brambilla holds a doctorate in psychology and has served as superior general of the Consolata Missionaries and ...

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

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

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

“She has been appointed Prefect – so essentially the president of this Dicastery [department] - alongside what the Vatican ...

COMMENTARY: It says something about the current Roman atmosphere of ecclesiastical intimidation that several of those who ...

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While the Vatican has acknowledged the “abundant spiritual fruits” experienced by people visiting and praying at the site of ...

After Donald Trump suggested he might take over Greenland by force, the consensus among the island’s population appears to be bewilderment and anxiety. By Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli ...

A state of emergency has been declared in Russia's western city of Engels, according to the region's governor. It comes after Ukraine said it was behind a drone strike on a Russian oil base in the ...