translation of the article published in the Italian newspaper Panorama
IF THE VATICAN GOES ON STRIKE TOO
From the Gospel according to Matthew: "When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing." To Vatican employees, however, this evangelical reserve seems more Pharisaic than Christian because - they write in a document - in the shadow of the dome there are children and stepchildren and nothing more is known about the accounts of the Papal State.
There is a strike in the air, for a protest, firm and polite, that runs through all the offices under Francis.
The decisive date is September 25, when the assembly of the Association of Lay Employees of the Vatican is set - established on October 31, 1993 - now led by the secretary Alessandro Guarasci.
At that meeting, which will renew the positions, the first abstention from work in the thousand-year history of the Holy See could also be decided. The ADLV is not a real union - this Pope has done everything to …More