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Spanish court orders rebel nuns out of convent

A Spanish court has ordered a group of nuns excommunicated from the Catholic Church to be expelled from their convent, according to a legal ruling viewed by AFP Friday. The nuns, from the Order of ...
The New York Times

These Nuns Were Excommunicated but Won’t Leave Their Convents

The Poor Clares of Belorado, in northern Spain, are digging in their heels in a battle of wills over real estate with the Catholic Church. By Rachel Chaundler One afternoon this past summer, a car ...
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Part 2: Austrian nuns left a retirement home to break into their old convent

And now we turn from New York to Austria for Part 2 of our report on three octogenarian nuns. They recently broke into their former convent after running away from a nursing home. In yesterday's ...
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Trio of Nuns Break Free from Nursing Home and Go Back to Former Convent. They Feel 'Immense Joy' After Returning

"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 ...
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Runaway nuns can stay in Alpine convent if they leave social media

Three Austrian nuns in their 80s who ran away from the old people's home where they were placed have been told they can stay in their former convent "until further notice". However, Church authorities ...