Saturday, September 15, 2018

Vatican Magazine Asks Church Officials To Stop Using Nuns As Servants With Little Pay


A nun cleaning a floor
 Photo courtesy: Donne, Chiesa, Mondo (1 Marz, 2018)

Nuns washing and drying clothes
Photo courtesy: Donne, Chiesa, Mondo (1 Marz, 2018)


The Vatican magazine, Donne, Chiesa, Mondo (Women, Church, World), published as a monthly supplement of the Vatican daily newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, in its March 2018 issue on the theme of  'women and work,' describes how priests, bishops, and cardinals in many cases treat nuns (Sisters) as menial servants often with little pay for preparing meals, doing the laundry, cleaning the household and office spaces, and performing other chores. 

There are nuns who work in schools and other institutions, but there are some others who specifically work for the members of the hierarchy (priests, bishops, and cardinals). These males with the sense and culture of clericalism, do not understand what it takes for the nuns to work for them without receiving due recognition, respect, and monetary remuneration. 

For more on this issue, please read the following:



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