VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A Vatican magazine denounced widespread exploitation of nuns for cheap or free labor in the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, saying the male hierarchy should stop treating them like lowly servants. The article in the monthly “Women, Church, World”, remarkable for an official Vatican publication, described the drudgery of nuns who do work such as cooking, cleaning and waiting on tables for cardinals, bishops and priests. The magazine, a monthly supplement to the Vatican daily newspaper Osservatore Romano, is written by women journalists and academics. Max Rossi / Reuters Pope Francis greets a group of nuns during the general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican December 20, 2017. The entire March edition of the magazine is dedicated to the theme of women and work.

Source: Huffington Post March 02, 2018 23:03 UTC