Reply To: The Pope
No more kissing the Pope’s ring?
Meanwhile, the all-female staff of the Vatican’s women’s magazine resigned, alleging editorial interference. “Women Church World,” which is published alongside the Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano, has lifted the lid on scandals within the church, including the cases of bishops and cardinals who compel nuns to cook and clean for them for little or no pay.
Last month, the publication exposed the sexual abuse by priests of nuns who are forced to have abortions or give birth to children who are not recognized by their fathers. The article said nuns have kept silent about the abuse for years out of fear of retribution.
Lucetta Scaraffia, who founded the women’s publication in 2012, said a newly appointed editor at L’Osservatore Romano, Andrea Monda, who took over in December, had tried to assume editorship at the magazine as well.
He had retreated when the staff threatened to resign, but then added new female writers to tone down the coverage, said Scaraffia.
“We are throwing in the towel because we feel surrounded by a climate of distrust and progressive de-legitimization,” Scaraffia wrote. In her letter, Scaraffia said there was a “return to the antiquated and arid custom of choosing women considered trustworthy from on-high, under the direct control of men…”
In its final editorial for the magazine, the staff said Monda was “pitting women against one another.”
“…We want to be listened to, contradicted, debated with, as would be the case with men…”
https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-pope-francis-ring-magazine-20190327-story.html
