Viktorija left a Catholic monastery in Lithuania after 20 years and explains what happened
Translated from Latvian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Sister Viktorija Voidogaite announced more than a year ago that she would leave the Roman Catholic congregation of the Sisters of the Crucified Christ in Lithuania.
- After two decades in the monastery, she describes her departure as the end of one stage and the beginning of another, rather than a sudden change.
After two decades in a Lithuanian monastery, Sister Viktorija Voidogaite left the Roman Catholic congregation of the Sisters of the Crucified Christ.
She announced more than a year ago that she would depart. Her life has since changed, but she does not describe the decision as a sudden turn. Instead, she calls it the end of one stage 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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