Pope appoints Sister Brambilla as first woman to head major Vatican office

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VATICAN CITY (Jan 8): 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. Francis, who has sought to reform the Catholic Church’s governance, named the (…)



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