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

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

The historic nature of Brambilla’s appointment was confirmed by Vatican Media, which headlined its report “Sister Simona ...

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 ...

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