"The sisters have been fighting a campaign by their superior, who accused them of breaking the vow of obedience they made when they were ordained by leaving the care home into which they were moved in 2023."
"An aide close to the nuns told Austrian media that the Vatican was in principle in favour of giving the sisters the right to remain in their convent."
"Provost Markus Grasl, from the nearby Reichersberg Abbey, had said that the convent was no longer suitable for the nuns owing to several flights of stone stairs and other conditions too precarious for their advancing ages."
"The trio say they were sent to the care home against their will and wish to die at their convent, housed in the imposing Schloss Goldenstein."
Three elderly nuns, Bernadette, Regina, and Rita, escaped from a care home to return to their convent in Salzburg. Their case gained international attention as they sought to remain in their convent, claiming they were sent to the care home against their will. The Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is considering their situation, with indications of support for their desire to stay. The nuns argue that they wish to die at their convent, citing church law regarding permanence in holy orders.
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