In Austria, three nuns, all in their 80s, recently ran away from a nursing home. They broke into their former convent in defiance of church orders, determined to grow old on their own terms. These ...
In what Katholisch describes as the possible "plot of a Netflix series," three Austrian nuns in their 80s have found their way back to the only home they've known for decades—a convent near ...
"I was always homesick at the care home. I am so happy and thankful to be back," Sister Rita said Austrian nuns Sister Rita, Sister Bernadette and Sister Regina broke out of their Catholic retirement ...
Sisters Regina, Bernadette and Rita pray at the convent chapel of the Goldenstein castle, in Elsbethen, south of the city of Salzburg, Austria, on Sept. 20. (Joe Klamar | AFP via Getty Images) ...
The authors of the forthcoming book, “Convent Wisdom” weigh in on the evergreen wisdom of nuns, the lure of convent life, and the social media buzz around cloistered living. Before we had hot girl ...
When three octogenarian nuns fled their nursing home and broke back into their former convent in Salzburg, Austria, they became overnight stars. Almost every major news outlet covered them. They ...
SALZBURG, Austria — Morning Mass is underway at the chapel of Schloss Goldenstein, a convent in Elsbethen, an Austrian parish nestled between the church spires of Salzburg and the arresting backdrop ...