Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, 59, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the ...

“I don’t study animals to understand humans,” Conclave actor and ethologist Isabella Rossellini says. Isabella Rossellini was ...

Women are still excluded from ordination as priests, and discussions about female ordination continue to create divisions ...

The historic nature of Brambilla’s appointment was confirmed by Vatican Media, which headlined its report “Sister Simona ...