French taxi driver helps nun who misses critical flight due to strike ‘She told me that it was a miracle,’ the taxi driver says, after he drove almost 600 km one way
‘God has forgotten me’: French nun becomes world’s oldest woman The 118-year-old nun lives in an elderly care home in Toulon, and still takes part in church services, although she admits to getting grumpier as she ages
Maybe God has forgotten me, jokes France’s oldest woman at 118 Sister André, who is also the oldest living person in Europe, celebrated her birthday on Friday with her traditional port and chocolate cocktail
news French nun refused retirement home space due to habit A Catholic nun in France has been stopped from taking up her place in a retirement home after she refused to stop wearing her religious habit as a condition for living there.
Living off a prayer The number of monks and nuns in France is falling, but demand for their produce is rising and the 20-year-old ‘Monastic’ brand is becoming a go-to name for consumers looking for ethical products from natural ingredients, as Jane Hanks discovers