This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers ...

Christians gather in Damascus on December 13. After the fall of Bashar Al Assad's regime, Christians in Syria seem torn between the hope of a new era and distrust of the Islamists in power.

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, 59, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the ...

Women are still excluded from ordination as priests, and discussions about female ordination continue to create divisions ...

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

In the wake of intensifying criticism of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, Pope Francis received Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Vatican. During the private half-hour audience, the two ...

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

Italian nun Sister Simona Brambilla is the new prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of ...