Here’s what to know about the first female Vatican prefect in the Catholic Church’s history

[ad_1] Sister Simona Brambilla, the new Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life / Credit: Vatican News ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 8, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis has marked another milestone in his pontificate by appointing, for the first time in the history of the Catholic Church, a woman to head a Vatican dicastery. She is Italian nun Sister Simona Brambilla, the new prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated…