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Austrian Nuns Fly to Rome, Vatican Backs, Instagram Banned

4/30/2026

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Three octogenarian Austrian nuns flew to Rome and attended Pope Leo XIV’s general audience on April 29, 2026.
They remain at Schloss Goldenstein in Salzburg under a Vatican-approved arrangement.
Provost Markus Grasl said the sisters broke their vow of obedience, were baffled, and hard to reach.
The Vatican Dicastery ruled in the sisters’ favor, appointed Abbot Jakob Auer to assist, and an Austrian court ordered the Instagram account shut, prompting new account realnonnengoldenstein.

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Three octogenarian Austrian nuns flew to Rome and attended Pope Leo XIV’s general audience on April 29, 2026.
They remain at Schloss Goldenstein in Salzburg under a Vatican-approved arrangement.
Provost Markus Grasl said the sisters broke their vow of obedience, were baffled, and hard to reach.
The Vatican Dicastery ruled in the sisters’ favor, appointed Abbot Jakob Auer to assist, and an Austrian court ordered the Instagram account shut, prompting new account realnonnengoldenstein.