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

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office. He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian ...

The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

It’s been a big week for the papacy. From Pope Francis ' sassy selection of a new Archbishop of Washington, D.C. (a frequent ...

Pope Francis appointed on Monday an Italian nun as prefect of the Vatican's department responsible for all the Catholic ...