Less gossip, more gospel. Pope Francis urged a group of nuns with “vinegar faces” to steer clear of gossiping and not to ...

While women have been named to No. 2 spots in some Vatican offices, none were named prefect of a dicastery or congregation of ...

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

Pope Francis had a message for nuns, convey joy while refraining from gossip, he said as he addressed a gathering of nuns ...

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

Italian nun Sister Simona Brambilla will be responsible for every religious order, from Jesuit and Franciscan priests to the ...

A woman known as the 'fastest nun in the West,' who served areas of Santa Fe and Albuquerque in the late 1800's, is one step ...

A nun born in Dayton will soon be celebrated in Rome. Dorothy Stang is considered a modern-day martyr by the catholic church ...

The appointment of both a nun as prefect and a cardinal as pro-prefect of a Vatican dicastery marks an unprecedented ...

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, 59, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the ...

Pope Francis has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla to lead a Vatican department, naming the first woman head of the office ...

Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of two Catholic nuns. They were abducted by unidentified gunmen along ...