Italy
Pope names woman head of Dicastery for Consecrated Life
Highest ranking woman in Roman Curia
Pope Francis has appointed Sister
Simona Brambilla, until now Secretary of the same institution,
as Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life
and Societies of Apostolic Life, the Vatican Press Office said
Monday.
Monza-born Brambilla, 59, led the women's branch of the
Consolata Missionaries from 2011 to 2023 when she became the
dicastery's secretary.
She is now the highest-ranking woman in the Roman Curia
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