The pope addressed the synod’s 16th ordinary council at its offices just outside the Vatican, where members are meeting June ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed former education secretary Bro. Armin Luistro as a member of the Dicastery for Institutes of ...

Filipino De La Salle Brother Armin Luistro, FSC, has been appointed by Pope Leo XIV as one of the newest members of the Dicastery for Institutes of ...

While women religious may be vocal and courageous about the violence and injustice others face, they often remain silent and ...

Pope Leo XIV meets with Italian Sister Simona Brambilla, prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, at the Vatican May 14, 2025. (Credit: Vatican ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, on Thursday made his first American bishop appointment as he ...

Pope Francis greets Sister Simona Brambilla, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Religious, June 5, 2017 in Clementine Hall at the Vatican in this file photo. (Credit: L’Osservatore Romano ...

POPE Francis greets Sister Simona Brambilla, superior general of the Consolata Missionary Sisters, on June 5, 2017, in Clementine Hall at the Vatican. ROME—Pope Francis on January 6 named the ...

Pope Francis appointed Sister Simona Brambilla, a 59-year-old Italian nun, as the prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, making her the first ...

This image released on Wednesday Jan. 8, 2025 by the Vatican Media shows Pope Francis shaking hands with Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun who is the first woman named to head a major ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for ...