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Recent Examples of nunsAt some point, a pair of politically active nuns started hanging out at the Nash home, eventually leaving their formal nun habits, cast off as part of their activism, at the house.—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
For seasoned cooks and kitchen novices, cookbook author and nutritionist Robin Miller takes it back to basics with great, family-friendly recipes worth making over and over again.
At the time, the series drew comparisons to Keeping Up with the Kardashians but stood out for its humor, honesty and the sisters’ ability to center Black family dynamics in mainstream pop culture.
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Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
Signs in the audience spoke of ex-boyfriends, dead sisters and a mom whose three-month-old son recently passed away.
Wiest will play the Reverend Mother Constance Mary Cabot, who is responsible for keeping her convent running and keeping the sisters safe in episode 7.
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Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
17 Sep. 2025
Ben Whishaw is back as the marmalade-sandwich-loving Paddington, and Olivia Colman joins the cast as a suspicious Reverend Mother.
The economy is the top challenge for Iran’s ruling clerics, who fear a revival of protests that have erupted since 2017 by lower and middle-income communities angry at growing poverty because of sanctions, mismanagement and state corruption.
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Parisa Hafezi,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
Soliman is known as an elegant dresser, but his apartment was in bachelor-pad disarray, a reflection of his long hours at the hospital and the abruptness of his detention, said his friends, also clerics.
In the film, set in 1948 over the course of just seven days, Teresa — Mother Superior of the convent of the Sisters of Loreto — is in her late 30s.
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Marta Balaga,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
The story is set in Kolkata, India in August 1948, following Teresa, Mother Superior of the convent of the Sisters of Loreto, over the course of seven pivotal days for her.
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