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Divine messengers: Italian nuns’ social media posts go viral

Media | The Guardian · Angela Giuffrida in Raiano · last updated

Revelation of Instagram spurs retired Catholic devotees in Abruzzo to gain millions of views with upbeat videos

For years, the mostly closed-off lives of the nuns living in a retirement home in Raiano, a mountain village in Italy’s Abruzzo region, followed much the same daily rhythm.

They woke early, prayed, went to the chapel, had lunch, and perhaps whiled away the afternoon reading.

 

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