A Vatican magazine has denounced the treatment of nuns as indentured servants by cardinals and bishops. The March edition of Women, Church, World, the monthly women’s magazine of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, highlighted that nuns cook and clean for senior Catholic clergy for next to no pay. One lead article said of the nuns: “Some of them serve in the homes of bishops or cardinals, others work in the kitchens of church institutions or teach. Women, Church, World began six years ago as a monthly insert in L’Osservatore Romano and is now a stand-alone magazine distributed for free online and alongside the printed newspaper in Italian, Spanish, French and English. Its editor, Lucetta Scaraffia, told the Associated Press: “Until now, no-one has had the courage to denounce these things.

Source: The Irish Times March 01, 2018 15:33 UTC