News that a Salvadorean nun who said she had no idea
she was pregnant gave birth last Wednesday in Italy
has drawn international attention to her small city.
had delivered a bouncing baby boy after she felt
stomach cramps in her convent and was rushed to
hospital.
“I did not know I was pregnant. I only felt a stomach
pain,” the nun was quoted as saying at the hospital.
The 31-year-old mother and her baby boy, who weighs
3.5 kilogrammes (nine pounds), are doing
well and people at the hospital have begun collecting
clothes and donations for the mother and her child.
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.
The nun had named her baby Francesco (Francis) —
also the pope’s chosen title and one of the most
popular names in Italy, where St Francis of Assisi is the
much-loved national patron saint.
Her fellow nuns were quoted saying they were “very
surprised” while the mayor of Rieti, Simone Petrangeli
has appealed to the public and media to respect the
woman’s privacy.
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