A new document by the Italian bishops’ conference states that being openly gay no longer bars candidates from discerning the ...

He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

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

Pope Francis told a group of children receiving treatment for cancer in Poland they are “witnesses of hope” to those around ...

Warning of “the increasingly concrete threat of a world war,” Pope Francis called for “the diplomacy of hope” in his address ...

Sister Simona Brambilla was appointed as the prefect of a Vatican office that oversees religious orders, but she may not be ...

Mel Gibson’s explosive remarks on corruption in the Vatican and alignment with Archbishop Viganò spark debates about the ...

Francis’ liberal pick for Washington, D.C. archbishop is at odds with Trump’s choice for ambassador to the Vatican, Brian ...

Sister Simona Brambilla, 60, of Italy will be prefect of the Dicastery for Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to lead a major Vatican department, appointing an Italian sister to take charge ...

Pope Francis on Monday named Sister Simona Brambilla the first female prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated ...

Pope Francis has warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace. Francis made the remarks in a ...