Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, choosing an Italian nun
He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...
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60 Minutes goes inside the Vatican with Pope Francis
Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina, Francis is the first Jesuit pope in papal history. O'Donnell interviewed him at Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican guest house where he has lived since his ...
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Renovations have left Rome in chaos. Now 35 million visitors are about to descend
The city’s historic center has resembled a building site ... Eve — December 24 — when Pope Francis opens the holy door in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City. It’ll run until ...
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Vatican opens first day care for employees’ children
Francis and Clare” and will be located in a building on Via San Luca ... During the Christmas audience with Vatican employees last year, Pope Francis expressed his gratitude for the work ...
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Pope brings Holy Year and prayers for better future to Rome prison, a 'cathedral of pain and hope'
Pope Francis opens the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica to mark the start of the Catholic Jubilee Year, at the Vatican, Dec. 24, 2024. Credit: AP/Alberto Pizzoli In a statement Thursday ...
Pope Francis Appoints Simona Brambilla as First Woman in Major Vatican Role
Sister Simona Brambilla will head the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
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Pope urges diocese of Rome to host young pilgrims during jubilee
Pope Francis noted that the jubilee year is being organized by the section for fundamental questions of evangelization in the world in the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization, and that the ...