In Vatican Magazine Exposé, Nuns Reveal Their Economic Exploitation
Sister Marie said that In the eyes of Jesus we are all children of God,
Sister Paule pointed out that many nuns did not have registered contracts with the bishops, schools, parishes or congregations they worked for, "so they are paid little or not at all." Sister Cécile said
that "nuns are seen as volunteers to have available at one’s calling, which gives rise to abuse of power." These stories — told by sisters using pseudonyms — were revealed Thursday in an exposé about how nuns are exploited by the leaders and institutions of the Roman Catholic Church.
servitude and not of service," and he urged the sisters to "have the courage to say no" when their superiors "asked for something
that is more servitude than service." Sisters should be in the streets, in schools and with the sick and poor rather than carrying out errands for a parish priest, he said. that very often I find consecrated women who perform a labor of
And a "Manifesto of Women for the Church," also published in the March issue of Women Church World, calls for giving women "roles
that are coherent with our competences and capacities." The document has circulated on social media and is being shared by women who are active in church institutions and parishes throughout Italy.
Paule said that Behind all this is still the unfortunate idea
that women are worth less than men, and above all that the priest is everything while sisters are nothing in the church,
It came about after discussions with nuns and observations about how they were treated in the Vatican, where they often provide "subordinate services," said Lucetta Scaraffia, a feminist intellectual
and the editor of Women Church World, which was introduced under Pope Benedict XVI.
