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Sister Sophia Rose responds to Emma Beddington’s article on how nuns are having a momentThank you to Emma Beddington for her thoughtful column (Tired of being a woman in 2025?...

By Guardian Staff · The Guardian Opinion

Sister Sophia Rose responds to Emma Beddington’s article on how nuns are having a moment Thank you to Emma Beddington for her thoughtful column ( Tired of being a woman in 2025? Why not become a nun?, 1 December ). It is always refreshing to see nuns and religious sisters portrayed in a context other than the horror-movie stereotype we seem to have inherited. I was intrigued by her mention of Convent Wisdom: How Sixteenth-Century Nuns Could Save Your Twenty-First-Century Life by Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita. I look forward to reading it and I may well recommend it in our Franciscan newsletter. Continue reading...