Bad relations between nuns and their young postulates in one Croatian convent have come to the attention of the Vatican, where the case is currently being reviewed, the daily Jutarnji List writes.
Although no official sources have confirmed the problems that plague this monastery (the name of which was not published), the daily claims that the elder nuns are under investigation for misconduct toward the new arrivals. At the end of one incident, a medical intervention was necessary, it writes.
The nuns are also suspected of other violations of financial nature and of falsification of documents.
The story was first leaked to the Slovenian press and since then the Croatian newspapers have been able to confirm with Vatican insiders that the case is being reviewed at the Holy See. If the postulates are not satisfied with the outcome of its decision, they could potentially take the case to the judicial authorities.
The bad relations between superiors and young postulates at Croatia’s monasteries are one of the reasons that there are fewer and fewer nuns entering convents. Many have not received a single new nun in years.
They will turn into retirement homes should the trend continue. Croatian convents could disappear in the next two decades.
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Luck
After cheating death seven times, born lucky Frano Selak decided not to push the odds when he was invited to smooch a gourgeous female presenter live on TV.
Curvy brunette interviewer Daniela Trbovic asked the 82-year-old survivor for a kiss for luck on Croatian TV when he revealed how he'd managed to stay alive so many times - and win the lottery.
But cautious Frano stunned his host when he told her: "No way - I could get swine flu like that."
Frano survived two near drownings, falling out of a plane and landing in a haystack, a car that blew up on the motorway, a second car blaze, and being knocked down by a bus in the Croatian capital Zagreb.
His final death-defying stunt came when he managed to leap onto a tree when his car careered over a precipice down a 300ft drop from a mountainside.
His luck kept coming when he won 600,000 GBP on the local lottery six years ago.
"Frano is very happily married but his wife watches him like a hawk. His luck might run out for ever if she saw him kissing a pretty girl on TV," confided one family friend.
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