Less gossip, more gospel. Pope Francis urged a group of nuns with “vinegar faces” to steer clear of gossiping and not to ...

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

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona ...

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

Many times in my life I have encountered nuns with a vinegar face, and this is not friendly, this is not something that helps ...

Sister Simona Brambilla will head the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

Pope Francis has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla to lead a Vatican department, naming the first woman head of the office ...

Pope Francis has appointed the Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to head one of the Vatican's dicasteries, making her the ...

There are 83 priests on the island and some 30 Catholic nuns, it says. Francis, originally from Argentina and the first pope from the Americas, has traveled widely around the Mediterranean since ...

Ana Maria Arevalo Gosen for The New York Times Sixteen nuns renounced the Catholic Church and accused Pope Francis of “usurping the Holy See.” They pledged their allegiance instead to a ...