Pope Francis had a message for nuns, convey joy while refraining from gossip, he said as he addressed a gathering of nuns ...

It’s been a big week for the papacy. From Pope Francis' sassy selection of a new Archbishop of Washington, D.C. (a frequent ...

The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

Gossip kills, gossip poisons. Please, no gossiping among you, none. And to ask this of a woman is heroic but, come on, let’s move forward and no gossip.” ...

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office. He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian ...

Sister Simona Brambilla, 60, of Italy will be prefect of the Dicastery for Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, 59, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the ...

Pope Francis has called out nuns with 'vinegar faces' and told them to avoid gossip in a bizarre tirade. The pope, 88, urged a group of Dominican nuns from the Union of St Catherine of Siena of ...

If it weren't for them, the nuns, who represent 50 percent of the operational force in the Church, probably all educational, ...