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.

Francis, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, often suffers bouts of bronchitis in winter that leave him out of ...

Pope Francis has denounced the “scourge” of child labor and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or ...

Italian nun Sister Simona Brambilla is the new prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of ...

Discover how Jeff Hines' podcast, 'Apostolic Zeal, the Passion for Evangelization,' helps Catholics share the good news of ...