Pope Francis invites contemplative nuns to monastery where Benedict XVI lived in retirement

Pope Francis has invited a community of nuns to move into the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, renewing the building’s purpose as home to cloistered women dedicated to supporting the pope’s ministry with their prayer.

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