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Pope Francis names 1st woman to run Vatican office

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Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, choosing an Italian nun

ROME: 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 Catholic Church's religious orders.

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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.

60 Minutes goes inside the Vatican with Pope Francis

In a rare conversation with Norah O'Donnell, Pope Francis talked about Catholics in Gaza and the legacy he hopes to leave in the Catholic Church.

Pope Names Vocal Supporter of Migrants

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Pope Francis names San Diego’s Cardinal Walter McElroy archbishop of Washington

Cardinal Walter McElroy of San Diego is named by Pope Francis to replace the retiring Cardinal Wilton Gregory leading the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.

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Pope Francis Names Cardinal Robert McElroy to Lead Washington Archdiocese

Outspokenly progressive, Cardinal McElroy is now poised to take over the ecclesiastical territory of the nation’s capital just as Donald Trump is sworn in for a second term as president of the United States.

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Pope Names Vocal Supporter of Migrants as Next Cardinal in Washington

The appointment of Robert W. McElroy is a signal of the pope’s priorities, two weeks before Donald J. Trump’s term begins.

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Analysis: Understanding the Vatican’s novel leadership structure of a pro-prefect and a nun

The appointment of both a nun as prefect and a cardinal as pro-prefect of a Vatican dicastery marks an unprecedented ...

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Cardinal McElroy to lead D.C. archdiocese, Vatican announces

Pope Francis has appointed San Diego’s Cardinal Robert W. McElroy—seen in Rome as one of the intellectual heavyweights in the ...

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Pope marks start of Vatican’s Jubilee Year at Rome’s main prison

Pope Francis urged inmates to never give up hope as he inaugurated the Vatican’s Jubilee Year at the high-security Rebibbia ...

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Pope Francis Criticizes Nun 'Vinegar Face' as He Calls on Them to Be Messengers of Joy

Many times in my life I have encountered nuns with a vinegar face, and this is not friendly," the pontiff recently remarked ...

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