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just knew the curt jester had a hand in this one ... THE SUMMA MAMAS - August 29, 2008 ... TRUE. according to fox news, the "miss sister 2008" contest will start in september on a blog run by the rev. antonio rungi and will give nuns from around the world a chance to showcase their work and their image. Italian Priest Organizes Beauty Contest for Nuns good lord, ... http://summamamas.stblogs.org/archives/2008/08/just-knew-the-c.html
From the BBC VATICAN WATCHER - August 27, 2008 ... first beauty contest for nuns has decided to cancel the project, saying he was misunderstood. Antonio Rungi said he had never intended to put sisters on the catwalk, but had wanted to erase a stereotype of them as being old and dour. He had wanted to hold the contest online on his ... http://vaticanwatcher.blogspot.com/2008/08/from-bbc.html
Nun Beauty Contest CANCELED! A NUN'S LIFE - August 26, 2008 ... who spoke out against the Miss Sister 2008 beauty pageant ! Here's the MSNBC article in which Rungi announces that he's cancelled the contest: " No nuns on catwalk as priest stops 'pageant' " Well, I guess that means I can put away my swimsuit and tap shoes! My prayers are with Father ... http://anunslife.org/2008/08/26/nun-beauty-contest-canceled/
There she isn't: "Miss Sister" contest cancelled THE DEACON'S BENCH - August 26, 2008 ... were not happy. The local bishop was not happy, but they did not understand me either," Father Antonio Rungi told Reuters by telephone from his convent in southern Italy Tuesday. "It was not at all my intention to put nuns on the catwalk," said Rungi, a priest of the ... http://deacbench.blogspot.com/2008/08/there-she-isnt-miss-sister-contest.html
In The World, Or Of The World? THE LAIR OF THE CATHOLIC CAVEMEN - August 26, 2008 ... a nun. External beauty is a gift from God, and we mustn't hide it ," said the Reverend Antonio Rungi. "Nuns are a bit excluded. They are a bit marginalised in ecclesiastical life. Each nun will have a profile that includes a photo and information about their life and vocation. It ... http://catholic-caveman.blogspot.com/2008/08/in-world-or-of-world-more-from-theater.html
Update: "Online Beauty Pageant for Nuns" story faked? AMERICANPAPIST: NOT YOUR AVERAGE CATHOLIC! - August 26, 2008 ... press a few days ago. Today, the [Austrian] newspaper "Der Standard" is reporting that Fr Rungi has called off the "contest", because he has been "deliberately misunderstood". His only aim had been, he says, to show the beatuy of the life of religious sister. Cf. ... http://www.americanpapist.com/2008/08/update-online-beauty-pageant-for-nuns.html
A Beauty Contest for Nuns? CATHOLIC FIRE - August 25, 2008 ... a beauty contest for nuns to prove that there are pretty nuns. The Times Online reports Fr Antonio Rungi, from Mondragone in the province of Caserta, near Naples, said he expected at least a thousand nuns to enter the "Sister Italia" contest. It would at first run online, but he ... http://catholicfire.blogspot.com/2008/08/beauty-contest-for-nuns.html
Truth Is Stranger #83: "Miss Sister 2008" THE IRONIC CATHOLIC - August 25, 2008 ... a newspaper reported Sunday. " Nuns are above all women and beauty is a gift from God," priest Antonio Rungi of the southern Italian diocese of Modragone told the daily Corriere della Sera . "This contest will be a way to show there isn't just the beauty we see on television but also ... http://ironiccatholic.blogspot.com/2008/08/truth-is-stranger-83-miss-sister-2008.html
From The "REALLY????" File SHOUTS IN THE PIAZZA - August 25, 2008 ... it will seem a little less bizarre and surprising when you consider that the priest doing this is from Italy. Of course he is. Father Antonio Rungi says, "You really think all nuns are old, stunted and sad? This isn't the case anymore." pointing out that many young nuns had ... http://shoutsinthepiazza.blogspot.com/2008/08/from-really-file.html
Priest to hold "online" nun beauty pageant AMERICANPAPIST: NOT YOUR AVERAGE CATHOLIC! - August 25, 2008 ... the world's first beauty pageant for nuns to erase a stereotype of them as being old and dour. Antonio Rungi says The Miss Sister Italy online contest will start on his blog in September. "Nuns are above all women and beauty is a gift from God," he told Italy's Corriere della Sera ... http://www.americanpapist.com/2008/08/priest-to-hold-online-nun-beauty.html