On Monday the Peru-based Sodalitium Christiane Vitae (SCV) announced its formal suppression, bringing to an end a decade-long ...

Pope Francis announced that a 59-year-old Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, would serve as prefect for one of the most ...

Pope Francis has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla, until now Secretary of the same institution, as Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the ...

ROME — 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 department is actually headed by Sister Simona Brambilla, the first-ever nun named as prefect of a major Holy See office. But when Francis appointed her in January, he simultaneously named ...

An Italian nun who Pope Francis appointed as the first woman to head a major Vatican office is three months into her new role, and only time will tell what the appointment will mean for the Catholic ...

Njue presented the relics to Consolata Sisters General Superior Sister Simona Brambilla. The relics were contained in a golden, shiny vessel, similar to those used to store the Holy Eucharist.