Sister Simona Brambilla’s appointment is a historic step toward greater inclusivity in the Catholic Church’s leadership.
The Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), in a statement announcing the initiative, did not reference specific incidents but acknowledged that the Church has faced several cases in recent years
"How many innocents are being slaughtered in our world! In their mothers' wombs, in odysseys undertaken in desperation and in search of hope, in the lives of all those little ones whose childhood has been devastated by war" he said