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Pope Francis greets Consolata Sister Simona Brambilla, superior general of the Consolata Missionary Sisters, during a June 5 audience with the men's and women's branches of the religious missionary congregation. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano) (L'Osservatore Romano)

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Pope names first woman secretary of dicastery for religious

October 11, 2023January 21, 2026

By CINDY WOODENOsv News VATICAN CITY CNS– Pope Francis has appointed a woman for the first time to be the No. 2 official of the Roman Curia office that works with religious orders and their members.Consolata Missionary Sister Simona Brambilla will be secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic…...

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