Vatican gives papal nod to first woman to hold high-ranking post
Francesca Di Giovanni is a lay woman but also a specialist in international law and human rights
15 January 2020 - 17:07
Vatican City — On Wednesday, Pope Francis named the first woman to hold a high-ranking post in the secretariat of state, the male-dominated Vatican’s diplomatic and administrative nerve centre.
Italian lay woman Francesca Di Giovanni will assume a newly created post in a division known as the section for relations with states in which she takes the rank of under-secretary, effectively one of two deputy foreign ministers...
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