He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, tapping Sister Simona Brambilla to become prefect of ...

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

Servant of God Sister Blandina Segale — an Italian immigrant who ministered during the days ... including the show “Death Valley Days” (Episode “The Fastest Nun in the West”) and a CBS documentary ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. ALBUQUERQUE — Peso Chavez has been a private investigator for more than 50 years. He’s seen it all. But ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A woman known as the “fastest nun in the West,” who served areas of Santa Fe and Albuquerque in the late 1800s, is one step closer to becoming a saint in the ...

A religious sister who ministered in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City died in a car accident Thursday afternoon after running off a rural highway northwest of the city, according to local news ...

An Oxford nun died on Christmas Eve from a form of cancer linked to asbestos exposure, an inquest opening has heard. Hilary Spencer, otherwise known as Sister Adrian, of Convent of the ...