“Zitellone”, the sisters’ thanks to the Pope “for the provocation”

The nuns invited by the Pope not to be “zitellone” write to Bergoglio. “Thank you Pope Francis for this provocation. A provocation that can hurt, but that can really be a stimulus to return to the beauty and truth of what we are”, writes Mother Doriana Giarratana of the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master in an intervention on Sir . “How can we remain indifferent to Pope Francis’ further provocation towards us consecrated persons? ‘Do not be a spinster’. Provocation, a call in favor of an authenticity of life, – writes the mother superior – to which, by the gift of the Spirit, we are in special way of dedication. Yes, because the first commitment, the great commitment and responsibility we have in the Church is to make the beauty of God’s holiness shine, reflected in the face of the Church as a bride. Of which we consecrated women are a sign and witness by vocation and mission”.