Pope Names 6 Women to Vatican Finance Council; Is Most Number.of Women Ever Named to Vatican

Pope Francis has appointed six women to the council that oversees Vatican finances, the Reuters website reports today (August 6,  2020).

Francis has already appointed women as deputy foreign minister, director of the Vatican Museums, and deputy head of the Vatican Press Office, as well as four women as councillors to the Synod of Bishops.

Today's new appointments marked the largest number of women named at one time to Vatican posts.

The previously all-male Council for the Economy now consists of six women and one man.