Although there are many more women in the Vatican than in previous papacies, Bergoglio did not introduce any changes to ...

By mistake, one of the two most senior women in the Vatican, Sister Simona Brambilla, received a standard email invitation sent to cardinal heads of departments summoning them to participate in the ...

Throughout his papacy, Francis took steps to appoint and integrate women into leadership roles in the Vatican.

The death of Pope Francis, after a very public diminishment, closes a signal chapter in Catholic history with absolutely no ...

One of the most long-lasting impacts of Pope Francis' pontificate may be his appointment of more women than ever before to ...

Some Protestant pastors remarked on Pope Francis' care for the poor and the marginalized. A rabbi called him "such a devoted, ...

Before his death, Francis made further appointments demonstrating his commitment to integrating women into Church governance.

A Catholic nun and theologian has praised Pope Francis for placing women in decision-making positions within the Church but ...

Pope Francis is being remembered as a pastoral leader – and in some ways, his treatment of women in the Catholic Church was ...

Weeks before that, he named Sister Simona Brambilla as the first woman to lead a major Vatican department, asking her to oversee the world's Catholic religious orders. But Francis, who was elected ...

VATICAN CITY, — Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church for the past 12 years, has died at age 88. The head of the ...