Another woman is taking over a top job in the Vatican: Italian nun Sister Raffaella Petrini was named Saturday as president of the Vatican City State.

Many saw her appointment, as well as that of Sister Raffaella Petrini as president of the Vatican City State, as a sign that the rigidly male Catholic hierarchy might finally allow women to assume ...

The pontiff appointed Franciscan sister Raffaella Petrini as the new secretary general of the governorate, making her the first woman to ever hold the post. Petrini, 52, who will be responsible ...

ROME (AP) — Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican: Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was named Saturday as president of the Vatican City State, making her ...

Many saw her appointment, as well as that of Sister Raffaella Petrini as president of the Vatican City State, as a sign that the rigidly male Catholic hierarchy might finally allow women to assume ...

Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican: Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was named Saturday as president of the Vatican City State, making her essentially the ...

FILE - Pope Francis shakes hands with Sister Raffaella Petrini, secretary general of the Vatican's governorship, as he arrives for an audience with employees in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican ...