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The Austrian Nuns Who Fled Their Care Home Are Now in Rome and Visited the Vatican

The sisters joined a papal audience as a Vatican ruling appeared to back their bid to stay at the convent.

The three octogenarian nuns, who made headlines last year after they broke back into their convent, joined others at St. Peter's Square for a general audience with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday morning.

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Contrary to all the previous announcements, the Sisters of Goldenstein took part in a Pope's Audience. The excitement is huge – also because of a explosive letter. This could bring the aged nuns and their comrades in need of explanation. At least the weather meant well with the rebellious nuns of Goldenstein. In mild temperatures and bright sunshine, the elderly nuns visited a general audience of Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday in Rome – accompanied b…

·Vienna, Austria
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Are the three sisters instrumentalized by their supposed supporters? Church displeasure is consolidated.

·Germany
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The nuns are allowed to remain in their monastery after the decision in Rome. The Salzburg Archabbot is now to negotiate a solution.

The events surrounding the nuns of Goldenstein are escalating: while the circle of helpers celebrated the journey to Rome "with green light at the last second", according to the archdiocese of Salzburg, there was no release for it. Archabbot Jakob Auer currently has no contact with the nuns – he fears a targeted isolation.

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SALZBURG24 broke the news on Wednesday, April 29, 2026.
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