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Pope Francis has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla to lead a Vatican department, naming the first woman head of the office that oversees the world's Catholic religious orders and congregations.

Pope Francis this week made the novel decision to appoint the first-ever woman as prefect of a Vatican department, naming ...