Keeping the Faith
They're young and gave up sex, careers and having children to become nuns. Lisa Ling goes inside a real-life convent.
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Marrying Christ
There are more than 60,000 Catholic nuns in the United States, with 750,000 worldwide. As nuns, sisters take three strict vows: chastity, poverty and obedience to God and their church. Nuns believe they are married to Jesus Christ, and some wear wedding r
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Looking for Stillness
Beverly Donofrio took off six months to go monastery-hopping, and discovered peace, clarity, connection, grace, and, finally, a kind of hush all over her world.
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Oprah Talks to Pema Chödrön
Pema Chodron, the first American woman to become a fully ordained Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition and author of When Things Fall Apart, talks to Oprah about learning from pain and what it means to be a Buddhist.
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Lisa Ling Goes Inside the World of a Modern Geisha and a Real-Life Nunnery
With the help of Lisa Ling, we're meeting fascinating people and seeing inside hidden worlds.
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Nuns on the Importance of Silence and Reflection
The nuns of Dominican Sisters of Mary reflect on the importance of silence.
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