On November 4 2021 Pope Francis appointed Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist Raffaella Petrini as the new secretary general of the Governorate of Vatican City State, making her the first woman to ever hold the post and now the highest-ranking woman in the Vatican.
Sister Pat Murray, IBVM, the Secretary General of the UISG, commented for the National Catholic Reporter: “Her congregational charism and her many years of experience at the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will be a support to her as she serves the universal Church and its mission in today’s world”
