Ancelle. Le suore, l'obbedienza, gli abusi

Ancelle is a deeply researched and unprecedented investigation into female consecrated life in Italy. Drawing on dozens of previously unpublished testimonies, the book reconstructs the daily reality of nuns and religious sisters, shedding light on dynamics o�en marked by authoritarianism, absolute obedience, and forms of violence—primarily psychological, but at times also physical. Stories of abuse, tension, and discrimination emerge, exacerbated in recent years by the recruitment of foreign women. Caught between genuine vocation and the risk of depersonalization, the book offers a clear-eyed, well- documented look into a closed and little-known world, raising pressing questions about the relationship between faith, freedom, and power.