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"This is the devil's work!": Nun pulls apart female models sharing a kiss

<p dir="ltr">A shocked nun caused quite a stir in the streets of Italy when she pulled away two female models who were kissing for a photoshoot.</p> <p dir="ltr">The nun was dressed in a white habit and rushed to stop Serena de Ferrari and Briton Kyshan Wilson who had locked lips in a Naples backstreet as they posed for a photo for Not Yet magazine.</p> <p dir="ltr">“What are you doing? This is the devil's work,” the nun shouted at them as they giggled.</p> <p dir="ltr">She looked around at the cameramen and crossed herself before saying: “Jesus, Joseph and Mary”.</p> <p dir="ltr">Make up artist Roberta Mastalia, who was on the shoot, said they had to ask the nun to leave thinking she was just joking.</p> <p dir="ltr">“We were on location in the Spanish Quarter in Naples, in a little sidestreet with the two models when all of a sudden the nun walked past,” he said, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11027633/Italian-nun-splits-two-female-models-kissing-photoshoot-calling-devils-work.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a> reported.</p> <p dir="ltr">“She asked us if we had been to Mass that day and when we said 'No' she started blaming young people for Coronavirus and then she saw the two models posing up ready to kiss and that's when she ran forward to split them up.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Our first reaction was we were all stunned. They took it as a bit of a joke and you can see from the video the two girls are laughing.</p> <p dir="ltr">“We then had to ask the nun to leave as we explained we had work to do and she slowly walked off.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Both Serena and Briton shared clips of the incident to their social media with the caption “God doesn’t love LGBT”.</p> <p dir="ltr">Local priest Father Salvatore Giuliano The Church is constantly updating its views but some of the older generation have not yet accepted it.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: Instagram</em></p>

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Meet the Iron Nun, an 86-year-old triathlete star

<p>Meet Sister Madonna Buder, an 86-year-old nun who’s become the unlikely star of a Nike’s latest ad campaign.</p> <p>The octogenarian goes for morning runs, she swims, she cycles, and competes in triathlons and Iron Man challenges. She’s actually a record-holding triathlete, having completed 45 Iron Man competitions and a total of 325 triathlons. </p> <p>And believe it or not, Sister Buder didn’t actually start running until she was 48 years old, when a priest introduced her to the sport. She ran her first triathlon at 52 and is now known as the Iron Nun, after becoming the oldest person to ever complete an Iron Man race.</p> <p>“There were a lot of times when I had to think about failures and not reaching the goal that I may have set for myself,” says Sister Buder.</p> <p>“Then I realised the only failure is not to try, because your effort in itself is a success.”</p> <p>If you want some fitness inspiration today, look no further than Sister Buder’s video above. She jogs, cycles, and competes in an Iron Man challenge, where she shouts “the first 45 didn’t kill me!”</p> <p>What an amazing woman! Who inspires you to get fit and healthy? Share with us in the comments below.</p> <p><strong>Related links: </strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="/lifestyle/retirement-life/2016/06/how-to-build-your-legacy/">How to build your legacy</a></em></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="/lifestyle/retirement-life/2016/06/the-simple-yet-powerful-tool-to-plan-your-retirement/">The simple yet powerful tool to plan your retirement</a></em></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="/lifestyle/retirement-life/2016/06/retirement-doesnt-have-to-sap-your-self-esteem/">Retirement doesn’t have to sap your self-esteem</a></em></strong></span></p>

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Melbourne nun celebrates 100th birthday

<p>A Melbourne nun has celebrated her 100th birthday with not only a letter from the Queen, but an Apostolic Blessing direct from the Pope.</p> <p>Kathleen Mary O’Donoghue, known as Sister Angela, celebrated the “biggest day” of her life surrounded by close friends and family at the Mercy Place aged care home in Abbotsford.</p> <p><img width="509" height="339" src="http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/7722030-3x2-700x467.jpg" alt="Sister Angela O'Donoghue with cake for 100th birthday" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p>Her niece, Mary Ryan, said the family were immensely proud of all she had achieved.</p> <p>“Her mind and spirit are just so amazing,” Ms Ryan told 9NEWS.</p> <p>“We’ve got a strong family history of faith that’s passed on down the generations, and she’s really lived that out in the most exemplary way.”</p> <p>Born in 1916, Sister Angela witnessed first-hand the arrival of TVs, cars and the internet. Reaching the milestone centenary, Sister Angela credit her longevity and health to “good friendship” and having people do things for you.</p> <p>The wise woman also has a message to the youth of today: “Go where your heart is”.</p> <p><strong>Related links: </strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/retirement-life/2016/07/can-we-really-take-old-age-one-day-at-a-time/"></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong><a href="/lifestyle/retirement-life/2016/08/perks-of-getting-older/">8 perks of getting older you might not know about</a></strong></em></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong><a href="/lifestyle/retirement-life/2016/06/over-60s-fitness-gurus/">Over-60s fitness gurus prove it’s never too late to get fit</a></strong></em></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong><a href="/lifestyle/retirement-life/2016/06/not-getting-older-just-more-complex/">You’re not getting older, you’re getting more complex</a></strong></em></span></p>

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105-year-old nun sends letters of encouragement to prisoners

<p>A Minnesota nun who just celebrated her 105<sup>th</sup> birthday says age won’t stop her from her most treasured project of sending letters of encouragement to prison inmates.</p> <p>Sister Mary Mark has been writing letters to prisoners for over two decades, and has implored others to follow suit.</p> <p>"I surely do enjoy writing the letters and I've been doing it for many years," she told ABC News. "They're in prison, but they're working. They hope to make it. Other people have asked me for names, so that they could write to them [the inmates] too."</p> <p><img width="292" height="373" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/14038/nun-105.jpg" alt="Nun 105" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p>Sister Mary Mark, who has been a nun for over 80 years, originally started the letter writing project after responding to a notice in a newspaper enlisting pen pals for prison inmates.</p> <p>Kathleen Conrad, pastoral care coordinator of Carondelet Village in St. Paul where Sister Mary Mark lives, says, "I think at one point she was writing to about 50 prisoners.</p> <p>"When she was 89 years old she was called down to Oklahoma to testify on behalf of a prisoner on death row because she had been writing to him for such a long time."</p> <p>"She says she just offers [the inmates] love and encouragement and let's them know that they're not alone," Conrad added.</p> <p>The centenarian says she’d be happy spending many more years on Earth as long as she can still write her letters.</p> <p>“As long as I can write, I’ll do it,” she said.</p> <p><strong>Related links: </strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/health/mind/2016/01/worlds-happiest-countries-in-2015/">These are the happiest countries in the world</a></em></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/health/mind/2016/01/older-generation-better-at-learning/">Older generations better at learning than everyone else</a></em></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/health/mind/2016/01/tips-for-being-a-good-person-today/">8 ways to be a good person today</a></em></strong></span></p> <p> </p>

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