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Nun Gives Birth in Italy, Names Baby Francis
2014-01-18
[An Nahar] A Salvadorean nun who said she had no idea she was pregnant gave birth in Italia this week after she felt stomach cramps in her convent and was rushed to hospital, Italian media reported on Friday.

The 31-year-old mother and her baby boy, who weighs 3.5 kilograms (nine pounds), are doing well and other new mothers in Rieti hospital have begun collecting clothes and donations for her, the reports said.

"I did not know I was pregnant. I only felt a stomach pain," the nun was quoted as saying at the hospital, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.

La Repubblica said she gave birth on Wednesday.

ANSA said the nun had named her baby La Belle Francesco (Francis) -- also the pope's chosen title and one of the most popular names in Italia, where St Francis of Assisi is the much-loved national patron saint.

The hospital could not be reached for comment.

The nun belongs to the "Little Disciples of Jesus" convent in Campomoro near Rieti, which manages an old people's home and reports said she would keep the baby. Her fellow nuns were quoted saying they were "very surprised".
Posted by:Fred

#8  ...apparently slept through the "Introduction to Cloister" class...
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2014-01-18 23:56  

#7  it's not immaculate you fool. Demand DNA tests all you want. I want your most recent IQ test. Sober, puhleez. And it's spelled "want"
Posted by: Frank G   2014-01-18 18:21  

#6  WHO IS THE FATHER,claiming divine intervention will NOT work, I what to see a DNA sample, and compare it to the closest male, Priest or not.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2014-01-18 17:55  

#5  Appears to be a noticeable absence of Barak Husseins being born lately. Could there be a message somewhere ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-01-18 15:38  

#4  However, I like the practice of naming the kid after the senior hancho of the organization.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-01-18 15:35  

#3  Her fellow nuns were quoted saying they were "very surprised".

I'll bet they were, now claim "No Sex", Name the baby "Jesus" And claim Divinity.

There ARE a number of "Spontaneous Virgin Births" yearly, catch is, there always female,(No male DNA).

So, "Who's the daddy" Ain't God.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2014-01-18 11:51  

#2  I really wish there was a picture of the Nun. I do not know if it is the petite, light brown skinned with big brown eyes or the Pete Rose in a habit looking Nun.

Snark of the day with an 'ouch'...
Posted by: Airandee   2014-01-18 07:29  

#1  Very fortunate young man I'd say, the wine, the lamb, the view. I wish them well !
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-01-18 07:12  

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