nun
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“It breaks my heart, because I’m an immigrant,” said Lupita Sanchez, a Franciscan nun who joined the Mass on Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
There the nun discovers her own inner sleuth, and unexpectedly finds joy in life outside the cloister.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
They slept 20 to a room, with a nun at one end, and the door locked.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
Rendiles, the nun who overcame a disability, is less well known to Catholics in Venezuela.
From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025
Ale is brought, and the nun goes on.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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World Religions
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