Esme Nicholson
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Three elderly Austrian nuns recently fled a nursing home and broke into their former convent. They have rejected an offer to stay in convent if they promise to get off of social media.
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The trio of octogenarian nuns gained global fame after fleeing their care home and breaking into their former convent. Now their superior has asked the Vatican to intercede in the dispute.
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Three Austrian nuns leave a retirement home to break into their old convent with local support and an Instagram following.
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Octogenarian Sisters Rita, Regina and Bernadette went back to their old convent with local support, and an Instagram following. "People are calling us the rebellious sisters!" Rita says.
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Three Austrian nuns have left a retirement home to break into their old convent — with local support and an Instagram following.
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