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# Good for the Rest of Us
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/3181/
- Published: 2005-11-29T16:43:52.000Z
- Updated: 2005-11-29T16:43:52.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Religion, #wpChunk

> Growing numbers of educated Italian women are throwing away their high heels and lipstick and opting for the austere life of nuns in closed convents. . . .

> Until recently, most women entering closed convents in Rome were third world immigrants with little education. Now the recruits are all Italians with university degrees.

> "They are realising that what the world has to offer to them is not all it is made out to be," said Sister Pieremilia Bertolin, the secretary general of Usmi.

> "They are starting to reason with their heads and not just believing the messages advertising throws at them."

[Link](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/28/wconv28.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/11/28/ixworld.html&ref=thedailyeudemon.com).

Prayer is the leaven of the world. If the number of nuns and monks increases, it's promising for the rest of us.