Pope Francis has said he wants to give women greater leadership roles in the Roman Catholic Church. If he really wants to ...

Pope Francis warned Wednesday against a "chauvinistic mentality" in the Catholic Church, as he promoted a nun to head the executive administration of the tiny Vatican City state.

Pope Francis will install Franciscan nun Raffaella Petrini as head of the General Secretariat of the Government of the State ...

A Mozambican Catholic Nun has welcomed Pope Francis’ appointment of Sr. Simona Brambilla as the first woman to lead the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, de ...

This week, two significant announcements impacting women’s empowerment deserve attention on a global scale. The first is the groundbreaking move from the Vatican, which has appointed Sister Simona ...