Bishop Dominique Rey of the Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon announced his resignation three years early at the request of Pope ...

He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

A new document by the Italian bishops’ conference states that being openly gay no longer bars candidates from discerning the ...

In a rare conversation with Norah O'Donnell, Pope Francis talked about Catholics in Gaza and the legacy he hopes to leave in ...

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

Sister Simona Brambilla holds a doctorate in psychology and has served as superior general of the Consolata Missionaries and ...

Annone, a majestic 4-year-old albino elephant from India, five centuries ago was the pet of Pope Leo X. The white pachyderm ...

Francis’ liberal pick for Washington, D.C. archbishop is at odds with Trump’s choice for ambassador to the Vatican, Brian ...

The Vatican has approved new guidelines from Italian bishops that allow gay men to enter seminaries as long as they abstain from sex, in an unexpected adjustment to how the global Catholic Church ...

Pope Francis has appointed the Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to head one of the Vatican's dicasteries, making her the ...

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

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