Pope Francis Appoints First-Ever Woman To Head Vatican Dicastery

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Pope Francis has named for the first time a woman, Sister Simona Brambilla, to head a dicastery of the Roman Curia, continuing to add to the number of women in leadership roles at the Vatican, a hallmark of his pontificate.
The 59-year-old Brambilla, a member and former superior general of the Consolata Missionary Sisters, has been secretary of the Vatican department for religious and consecrated life since October 2023.
Pope Francis appointed the Italian sister prefect of the department on Monday. She will lead the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life together with Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, who was named pro-prefect on Jan. 6.
A Spaniard, the 64-year-old Fernández concluded a decade as rector major of the Salesians last year. The appointment of an ordained bishop as pro-prefect of the same dicastery was necessary because Church law calls for ordination in order to carry out certain governing powers.
Brambilla, who trained as a nurse before entering religious life, was a missionary in Mozambique in the late 1990s. She then returned to Italy, where, with her advanced degree in psychology, she taught at the Pontifical Gregorian University in its Institute of Psychology. She was head of the institute of Consolata Missionary Sisters from 2011 until May 2023.
https://www.ewtnvatican.com/articles/po ... stery-4181

[anawim]

At least she wears a habit....that's a good sign.

[Inthepews]

A reversal of this is beneficial

An entire investigation of the pope Francis reign is warranted.

[p.falk]

I know people who are saying this is perfectly normal and a thing to be celebrated.

But that can only be done if previously it was wrong to disallow women in those roles. For 2000 previous years the church wasn’t tolerant (or risqué) enough... apparently.

[Inthepews]

Marxism

[p.falk]

Is it even allowed to have women in the role of a prefect of a dicastery?

[Inthepews]

Is it even allowed to have women in the role of a prefect of a dicastery?

No