1.   The nuns were kindness itself to Leonora.

2.   Another four nuns in Kikwit are under observation, according to Italian news reports.

3.   Aside from Sister Fredericka, a Pole, all the other nuns are Indian.

4.   After nearly a millennium of relative obscurity, a medieval German nun has been born again into a state of celebrity sainthood.

5.   Breeda said the nuns were strict but kind.

6.   Church and Palestinian officials say the priests and nuns are there of their own free will.

7.   Cloistered nuns have always been a tiny minority of the total.

8.   During the Holocaust, his parents placed him in an orphanage where Catholic nuns were hiding Jewish children, and risking their lives to do so.

9.   For several decades, nuns have been in camouflage, living and working among us in T-shirts and jeans, business suits and golf togs.

10.   For now, the nuns are excited about their new home, as is.