Word: fiorella
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last June the Holy See unveiled its own new look in guards: a nononsense, black-robed nun named Sister Fiorella. The stern, fortyish sister was installed as Chief Censor on the steps of the Basilica on the theory that a nun might be fairly safe from assault by irate tourists. Before long, the question was: Was anyone safe from Sister Fiorella? Newspapers nicknamed her "The Terrible Nun," and she did her best to live up to the sobriquet. She turned away as many as 35 women a minute during peak periods (up to 2,000 a day), usually with...
Alas, the flood of what Pope Paul calls "immodest fashion" was too much for Sister Fiorella. She disappeared from St. Peter's last week-a casualty, the Vatican announced, of "nervous depression." A novice nun has replaced...