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ABC News’ Steve Osunsami reports on the declining number of nuns in the U.S, stereotypes about the nuns of yesteryear and why the lifestyle isn’t appealing to young individuals.
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@ChaseCetta
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Take a look at the Daughters of Mary in NY, the Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas in FL, or the Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen in Washington, those congregations are growing not declining in membership.
@lpaone01
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
I remember Sister Celina, a living Saint.
@redwoods7370
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
They get no respect from the Catholic Church and priests. That's why.
@jasminen777
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
The main important factor is: Before becoming a nun you must not have any kind of debt. How many Americans have some kind of debt? It may be medical, college, or for other reasons. If they offered debt relief for a lifetime of servitude I'm sure the numbers would increase
@yolimarm6777
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Religious men and women are SET APART from the worls. That is why so many followed Jesus. He live in the world but NOT of the world.
@yolimarm6777
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Sister Kelly Williams is the perfect example as of why no new vocations enter the religious life. Young woumen are looking for a life that is different to the world. When religious women are trying to be like the rest of the the gane is over. Netflix😮😮 I will not be surprise if she tells her audience that she too watches porn. 😮 young women are looking for true Cristian living. Christians who live distinct lives from the mess lives in the world.
@angelacable7517
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
I think theres something very nice about the habit.Shaame its gone. Just like nurses uniforms.You worked hard for the cap. People respected you while in uniform.
@ashleyladner7620
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Many young Americans are not going into the ministry period!
@Jordan-pf9ws
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Duh why would anyone want to live under the rules that nuns have to
@oldbonesNJ
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
We all take a different spiritual path. As long as one doesn't hurt another, it's all good.
That said, I don't believe a 6 hours a day contemplative order is the best way to serve our fellows. Especially if the young women are avoiding society.
But that's just me.
@Joshua-jo1gk
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
God everytime I see nuns I think of one holding a shotgun and a giant text behind her saying “repent”
@jovanniecastillo6208
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
May the consolations of Mary our Holy mother be poured in the church to attract more nuns in the service of the holy catholic church.
@buzsnyder
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
America is losing the hippy nuns who became social justice spinsters. The orders who adhere to the faith are growing.
@t.w.8174
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
In a country that rewards people who step on others to get ahead, I’m not surprised.
@SpidermansSymbiote
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Young people don't want to devote themselves to a religious order that has a history of abuse. Shocker.
@farmergiles1065
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Losing its Catholic nuns, perhaps.
@louiss1625
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Nuns brutally sexually abused thousands of Indigenous children in the last century in Canada.
@Ignatiusthebuch
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Modern day nuns are not Nuns. Where’s the habit. There’s a reason why no one wants to join. They act like a joke and not to the seriousness and devotion that was previously practiced. Vatican II’s aftermath has created rot.
@roisinobrien8408
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
The traditional orders are thriving, the more liberal ones are not.
@ronliebermann
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Nuns are interesting because they consider themselves to be agents working in God’s service. They’re on a mission. So their purpose in life is to promote “justice” using whatever means are at their disposal.
If you have ever seen “The Flying Nun” you’ll recall that Sally Field didn’t “fly”. She was lifted by the holy spirit, in the form of wind. The same Holy Spirit who will make all believers fly.
But Nuns aren’t content to merely wait for the arrival of utopia. They have a plan which has been in progress for hundreds of years under the direction of the Catholic Church in Rome. The Nuns want to encode “justice” into perception itself. That’s what “Bewitched” was about. Samantha magically made things appear, because she wanted those things to appear for good reasons. She was a very just administrator.
So as the logic goes, if Nuns can “see” better than other people, they’ll be better able to decide what should appear. To that end, they’ve developed two independent systems.
The first is placement of coded objects into television shows and movies. For example, a green vase on the table might mean “attack”. The person standing next to the table represents the hated group.
The second system is more complex. The visual spectrum seen by cats is wider than the spectrum seen by humans. So the Nuns are breeding little girls who possess cat DNA which gives them better eyesight. That better eyesight can see portions of the light spectrum which are invisible to normal people. It then becomes easy to place signs and signals which only members of that group can see. These cat girls are supposed to be enlightened killers on a mission. Flying Nuns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live
Sadly, the contamination of human DNA has been going on for nearly a hundred years. The only way to correct the problem is to give every single person in the world an honest DNA test. Earth is only for Homo Sapiens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Nun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1986_film)
@ElessarofGondor
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
What this doesn't mention is that the more traditional orders are actually having ample vocations. It's the orders that modernised and ditched habits that are largely dying off.
@thebr5294
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
People want kids and are scared of the problems that Nuns/Priests face everyday.
@skn9895
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Did Vatican II have anything to do with the declining number of vocations? If it was implemented to attract more people to the church, it seems to have had the opposite effect.
@MrSpeedFrk
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
That's because these are not nuns!
The real religious orders of nuns ended with masonic installation of freemason and communist collaborator Angelo Roncalli (aka John XXIII) at the death of the last real Pope Pius XII.
People act all surprised or say that's nonsense, conspiracy etc. it was clearly layed out in the 1700s Masonic document The Alta Vendita
With the infiltration of the masonic sects and the installation of every antipope (not elected) since then the intention was the systematic replacement of the real Catholic Church with that of the Religion of Man, the ultimate Pagan religion which is what the Novus Ordo is, they changed all the sacraments , every one , starting with Bishop and Priest ordinations in 1968 thereby invalidating them. What this means is , and this is the objective truth no matter how people may deny it because of their feelings coming to some fantasy conclusion that would make it acceptable, is that there are no longer any , zero, nadda, zilch any Catholic Bishops , Priests, Cardinals, Deacons and Popes left in the Novus Ordo. They are all actors , those that believe they are actually priests and bishops even if they appear to act traditional are not. They are layman who have been deceived.
There is only a very small remnant of the real Catholic Church remaining, but it exists and will exist until the culmination of all things as Christ promised that the gates of hell will not prevail against it .
@mimimalone548
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Nuns and priests should be able to marry.
@goroch_thegreen
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Why the fact that practically no young females want to spend their life serving to some imaginary dude over sky is a surprise? And how it can be a problem?
@NeilNBlome
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
So, what you're saying is that mentally ill women are not joining a cult? That's a good thing.
@PinkAngelWings
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
God Bless All of the beautiful souls who wake up every morning to simply love us all…so Thankful to all of the Sisters of this 🌎😇🕊️🙌🏼📿☘️🛐✝️☮️🙏🏼
@pisceanbeauty2503
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
To be honest I can imagine the number of nuns growing as more women opt out of motherhood and don’t feel as much need for marriage. The church needs better PR and to evolve with the times and go back to serving and loving people no matter what.
@JayzBeerz
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Vatican II destroyed the Catholic Church.
@gustavoalonsolopezwolf9098
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
I call bullshit all the nuns near where i live dress like classic nuns and alot of them act like theyre on curfew 24/7. Theyre obviously trying to make sisterhood look cool and fun lmao
@aitrope
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
I would have become a nun if not for the nun rape controversy, now I have no where.
@craftcorner-kw2xs
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
There is no crisis.
@MilitaryCompass
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Sex is a wonderful gift from God to humanity. Those who conceal their sexual activities while professing celibacy but still engage in sexual transgressions are committing something deeply wrong. It's advocated that both women and men consider marriage to fulfill their sexual desires.
@frederiquecouture3924
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Vooooodooooos!
@frederiquecouture3924
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
The reality… Go work in a maternity ward. Don't cut your hair. It is satanical.
@gabshadow2687
January 1, 2024 at 1:42 pm
I didn’t even know we had many nuns