Austria’s Rebel Nuns Refuse To Give Up Instagram To Stay In Their Convent

Three Austrian nuns in their 80s who escaped a care home and reclaimed their old convent are refusing the church’s offer to stay because it requires them to quit Instagram, stop speaking to the press, and avoid legal counsel — conditions they call a gag order. Their standoff with church authorities has now escalated to the Vatican as the nuns continue posting to their 185,000 followers. NPR reports: Before the church authorities moved the nuns into care almost two years…