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