Italian nuns get into internet habit

Nuns get into internet habitCloistered nuns at a convent in Sicily have decided that their vow of silence may rule out gossiping with locals or telephoning old friends, but it does not exclude going online to swap emails. The 12 Cistercian nuns of the 13th-century Santo Spirito convent in Agrigento have set up a website and are happy to take questions about what it is like to pray for hours in silence every day.http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,2066752,00.html

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