The nuns who came home: three sisters defy age, locks and orders

The nuns who came home: three sisters defy age, locks and orders Schloss Goldenstein in Salzburg, the convent where the three sisters lived for decades. Photo: Ricardalovesmonuments.

On an ordinary September morning in Salzburg, Austria, the improbable happened. Three elderly women, once cloistered nuns, packed their bags, left a retirement home, and marched back to the convent they had called home for most of their lives. They didn’t come alone. Cameras, journalists, and – in a detail that makes the whole episode…

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