A Salvadorean nun who said she had no idea she was pregnant gave birth in Italy this week after she felt stomach cramps in her convent and was rushed to hospital, Italian media reported on Friday.
The 31-year-old mother and her baby boy, who weighs 3.5 kilogrammes (nine pounds), are doing well and other new mothers in Rieti hospital have begun collecting clothes and donations for her, the reports said.
“I did not know I was pregnant. I only felt a stomach pain,” the nun was quoted as saying at the hospital, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.
La Repubblica said she gave birth on Wednesday.
ANSA said the nun had named her baby Francesco (Francis) — also the pope’s chosen title and one of the most popular names in Italy, where St Francis of Assisi is the much-loved national patron saint.
The hospital could not be reached for comment.
The nun belongs to the “Little Disciples of Jesus” convent in Campomoro near Rieti, which manages an old people’s home and reports said she would keep the baby.
Her fellow nuns were quoted saying they were “very surprised”.
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the catholics have a knack for sweeping problems under the rug. one can only guess how this one got out.
the hell she doesnt know she was pregnant. i guess she got pregnancy infection.
and we’re supposed to believe she didnt know she was pregnant?
The honor of coming into world without sexual intercourse between a man and woman belong to Jesus (PBH) only; and no other person will share that with him till eternity. Therefore, these people should stop fooling the world.
The honor of coming into world without sexual intercourse between a man and woman belong to Jesus (PBH) only; and no other person will share that with him till eternity. Therefore, these people should stop fooling the world.