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From Reuters:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The article in the monthly \u201cWomen, Church, World\u201d, 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The article, based on the comments of several unnamed nuns, described how some work in the residences of \u201cmen of the Church, waking at dawn to prepare breakfast and going to sleep once dinner is served, the house is in order and the laundry cleaned and ironed\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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It said their remuneration was \u201crandom and often modest\u201d.<\/p>\n

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In many cases, the nuns, who take vows of poverty, receive no pay because they are members of female religious orders and are sent to the residences of male Church officials as part of their assignments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the past, most of the nuns working as domestic help in male-run residences or institutions such as seminaries were local nationals. But in recent years, many have come from Africa, Asia and other parts of the developing world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The author of the article wrote that what most saddened one of the nuns she talked to was that \u201cthey are rarely invited to sit at the table they serve\u201d and made to eat in the kitchen by themselves.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read it all<\/strong>.<\/a> I haven\u2019t found the original article online, but I imagine it will pop up eventually.<\/p>\n

Photo: Pixabay<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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