Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, tapping Sister Simona Brambilla to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the world’s religious orders.

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 ...

I won’t spoil it, but in a scene towards the end a cluster of young women – nuns – burst out into the sunlight, their ...

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

Pope Francis is urging nuns to spread the lord's word and speak with everyone but to have "no dialogue with 'the Devil amid ...

Pope Francis then urged the nuns to spread the lord’s word and speak with everyone but to have “no dialogue with the Devil.” ...

Pope Francis has called out nuns with 'vinegar faces' and told them to avoid gossip in a bizarre tirade, the Daily Mail reports. The pope, 88, urged a group of Dominican nuns from the Union of St ...

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