After 20 years, Viktorija leaves a Catholic convent in Lithuania and tells her story
Translated from Latvian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Nun Viktorija Voidogaitė announced more than a year ago that she would leave the Congregation of the Sisters of the Crucified Christ in Lithuania.
- After two decades in the convent, she describes her departure as the end of one stage and the beginning of another, rather than a sudden turn.
After two decades in a convent, Sister Viktorija Voidogaitė has left the Catholic congregation of the Sisters of the Crucified Christ in Lithuania.
She announced slightly more than a year ago that she would leave the congregation. Viktorija describes the change not as a sudden turning point, but as the end of one stage of her life and the beginning of the next.
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Originally published by Delfi Latvia in Latvian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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