The #MeToo movement arrived in the Vatican with Lucetta Scaraffia, the founding editor of the monthly magazine Donne Chiesa Mondo (Women Church World), which is distributed with its daily newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano. Its February issue denounced the sexual abuse of nuns by priests. In a sign of the magazine’s influence, journalists questioned Pope Francis about the subject on his flight back from Abu Dhabi last week. He frankly acknowledged that it was a genuine problem – generating headlines around the world.
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The most influential woman at the Vatican? An interview with Lucetta Scaraffia
the #metoo movement arrived in the vatican with lucetta scaraffia, the founding editor of the monthly magazine donne chiesa mondo (women chu...
Desmond O'Grady

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