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  • August 2008

    • Pressured Priest: We'll Have Nun of Catwalks

      BBC  |  Aug 27, 08 4:28 AM CDT

      Pressured Priest: We'll Have Nun of Catwalks

      (Newser) - An Italian priest's plans for a nun beauty pageant have been nixed by his higher-ups, the BBC reports. Father Antonio Rungi, who said the idea was to highlight the inner beauty of nuns and smash stereotypes of the sisters as old and dour, decided to draw a veil over the idea after the local bishop and other church officials expressed their displeasure. More »

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      Italy  • fashion  • priest  • beauty pageant  • bishop  • nuns  • Catholic church

    • Italian Priest Plans Nun Pageant

      Associated Press  |  Aug 25, 08 11:31 AM CDT

      Italian Priest Plans Nun Pageant

      (Newser) - An Italian priest and theologian is out to show the fun side of the sisterhood with “Miss Sister 2008,” an online beauty pageant for nuns. The Rev. Antonio Rungi hopes the contest, which he’ll begin on his blog next month, will fight the stereotype that nuns are universally old and dour. “Being ugly is not a requirement for becoming a nun,” says Rungi. More »

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      Catholic Church  • beauty pageant  • nuns

    • Beloved French Nun Reveals All

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 16, 08 7:39 PM CDT

      Beloved French Nun Reveals All

      (Newser) - Beloved French nun Soeur Emmanuelle is set to release a memoir revealing her wild adventures as a flapper in the 1920s. She loved dressing up and dancing the night away, she says, but gave it up to be a nun in 1929. When she later fell in love with an "intelligent and seductive" man, she kept it to herself. "I had chosen God," she says. "I have no regrets." More »

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      France  • memoir  • nuns

  • May 2008

    • Ind. Nuns Don't Have a Prayer at Polls

      Associated Press  |  May 7, 08 5:59 AM CDT

      Ind. Nuns Don't Have a Prayer at Polls

      (Newser) - A dozen nuns who lacked proper photo ID were turned away from an Indiana voting booth yesterday—by a fellow nun. None of the nuns, all over 80, had a driver's license because they don't drive, and some presented outdated passports, the AP reports. Their convent has launched a major push to arrange for proper ID in time for November's election. More »

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      Indiana  • Indiana primary  • voting  • voting rights  • nuns  • photo ID

  • October 2007

    • 'Conscientious' Folks Face Lower Risk of Alzheimer's

      Reuters  |  Oct 2, 07 4:12 AM CDT

      'Conscientious' Folks Face Lower Risk of Alzheimer's

      (Newser) - "Conscientious" people appear to be less likely to get Alzheimer's, researchers have found. Participants whose personality tests pegged them as extremely self-disciplined, goal-oriented and dependable were 89% less likely to get Alzheimer's than those at the opposite end of the diligence spectrum, according to a new study in the Archives of General Psychiatry. More »

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      medical research  • Alzheimer's  • dementia  • priest  • Catholic  • nuns

  • September 2007

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