Pope Francis has told the heads of women's religious orders from around the world they need to send Sisters on assignments that truly serve the Church and those in need, and not agree to requests for "maids."
"You did not become a religious in order to become the maid of a priest," he said to some 850 superiors general in Rome for their plenary assembly.
There are many needed forms of service, whether they be in administration or caring for and performing domestic tasks for those in need, he said on May 10 in the Vatican's Paul VI audience hall.
