Pope Francis appoints woman to help lead key Vatican office for 1st time
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 of the Catholic ...
Pope Francis should brace for a new dynamic in the US Catholic Church
On Dec. 20, Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Brian Burch as the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Burch, ...
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The Pope Is Up to Something
Pope Francis has had quite a notable month ... Or when the Vatican declared that “sex changes” and “gender theory” were threats to society. Or when Francis—while cautioning against ...
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Reflections on Pope Francis' address to theologians
In an address to a gathering of theologians and academic administrators at the Vatican on Monday, Pope Francis spoke about ... more equitable on the basis of gender. Indeed, as the pope says ...
Pope makes Archbishop of Toronto a cardinal. Some praise his humility; others say he's out of touch
Archbishop of Toronto Francis Leo formally joined the College of Cardinals on Saturday, becoming one of five Canadians within ...