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Is a Cloistered Nun Still ‘Useful’ Today? The Life of Sister Belén de la Cruz
Sister Belén de la Cruz received the Carmelite habit on March 25, 2006.
Sister Belén de la Cruz received the Carmelite habit on March 25, 2006.
Although the nuns didn’t mention anything in their communiqué about their residency status in Nicaragua, the General Directorate for Migration and Foreigners has issued summons to various religious and foreign missionaries in the last two weeks.
A Carmelite sister says the changes in our culture no doubt prompted Pope Francis’ review and updating of the legislation issued by Pope Pius XII in 1950.
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