The move marks a major step in Pope Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in the church, while standing firm on ...
Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to lead a major Vatican department, appointing an Italian sister to take charge ...
While women have been named to No. 2 spots in some Vatican offices, never before has a woman been named prefect of a dicastery or congregation of the Holy See Curia, the central governing organ of the ...
San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy, who has led a diocese that runs the length of California’s southern border with Mexico for a decade, will take over an archdiocese still bruised by a major sexual ...