The role of deacon is currently only held by men in the Catholic Church and Sister Gemma Simmons wants the successor to Pope ...

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

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 6 - 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 ...

Pope Francis greets Sister Simona Brambilla, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Religious, June 5, 2017 in Clementine Hall at the Vatican in this file photo. (Credit: L’Osservatore Romano ...

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 ...

Weeks before that, he named Sister Simona Brambilla as the first woman to lead a major Vatican department, asking her to oversee the world’s Catholic religious orders. But Francis, who was ...

Weeks before that, he named Sister Simona Brambilla as the first woman to lead a major Vatican department, asking her to oversee the world's Catholic religious orders. But Francis, who was elected ...