Pope prays for victims and rescuers in California wildfires
Pope Francis is praying for victims and rescuers trying to control the wildfires in California that have killed at least 11 ...
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A woman leads a Vatican office for the first time ever. Why now?
Pope Francis broke one of the Vatican’s “stained-glass ceilings” on Monday by appointing an Italian sister as the prefect of ...
Pope Francis names first woman to head a major Vatican office, choosing an Italian nun
The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis' aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.
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Pope Francis warns of polarization, cites Trump attack in address to diplomats
Pope Francis delivered his annual “state of the world” address on Thursday, asking ambassadors to pursue a “diplomacy of hope ...
Commentators react as Italian nun named first woman prefect at head of major Vatican office
Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, tapping Sister Simona Brambilla to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the world’s religious orders.
Pope Names Nun to Head a Vatican Department, a First for a Woman
Sister Simona Brambilla was appointed as the prefect of a Vatican office that oversees religious orders, but she may not be ...
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St. Peter’s Holy Door sees more than half million pilgrims in two weeks
This is a very significant beginning,” Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the chief Vatican organizer of the Jubilee Year, said in a ...
Pope says bullying at school prepares students for war, not peace
VATICAN CITY -- VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace, ...
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Vatican to host historic Jordan exhibition on Christianity’s origins
The Jordanian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced this week the opening of a historical exhibit in Vatican City titled “Jordan: Dawn of Christianity.” This pioneering event aims to explore ...
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Pope Francis appoints Sister Simona Brambilla as first woman to lead a Vatican dicastery
Sister Simona Brambilla has been named prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic ...
Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, tapping an Italian nun
Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona ...
Pope Francis baptizes 21 babies in annual ceremony at the Sistine Chapel
Pope Francis has baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has ...