Pope Francis broke one of the Vatican’s “stained-glass ceilings” on Monday by appointing an Italian sister as the prefect of ...

The appointment of both a nun as prefect and a cardinal as pro-prefect of a Vatican dicastery marks an unprecedented ...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on investigations into ...

Pope Francis has appointed a supporter of allowing pro-abortion Catholic politicians to receive communion to lead the Roman ...

The appointment of Robert W. McElroy is a signal of the pope’s priorities, two weeks before Donald J. Trump’s term begins.

Sister Simona Brambilla was appointed as the prefect of a Vatican office that oversees religious orders, but she may not be ...

Pope Francis has named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, D.C. He is tapping one of his ...

He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

Cardinal Walter McElroy of San Diego is named by Pope Francis to replace the retiring Cardinal Wilton Gregory leading the ...

Monday marks the last day of Nora Vargas' tenure as the chairwoman for the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. After ...

(OSV News) -- Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego has been appointed the next archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington ...

While women have been in secondary positions in the church, no woman has held the role of a prefect. The office now headed by ...