Sister Simona Brambilla will serve as prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life—the body central to the Church's governance that is responsible ...

Sister Simona Brambilla holds a doctorate in psychology and has served as superior general of the Consolata Missionaries and as a missionary. She is also a professional nurse.

Sister Simona Brambilla will become prefect of the department responsible for all of the Catholic Church’s religious orders. IE 11 is not supported.

Pope Francis on Monday appointed Sister Simona Brambilla to head the Vatican office that oversees religious orders for both men and women — including more than a quarter of the world’s priests ...

Jan. 6 (UPI) --Pope Francis on Monday named Sister Simona Brambilla the first female prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.Brambilla, 59, had ...

Sister Simona Brambilla will head the department in charge of religious orders, male and female. “The choice reflects Francis’ avowed aim to give women greater leadership roles in the Roman ...

Pope Francis has named the first woman to lead a major Vatican office, almost 12 years into his leadership of the Catholic church.. Sister Simona Brambilla will serve as prefect of the Dicastery ...

Jan. 6 (UPI) --Pope Francis on Monday named Sister Simona Brambilla the first female prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.Brambilla, 59, had ...

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

Jan. 6 (UPI) --Pope Francis on Monday named Sister Simona Brambilla the first female prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.Brambilla, 59, had ...

By NICOLE WINFIELD. ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the ...