Sister Rita (L), Sister Regina (C) and Sister Bernadette have gained a substantial following for their social media posts [Bethany Bell/BBC] Three Austrian nuns in their 80s who ran away from the old ...

SALZBURG, Austria — Morning Mass is underway at the chapel of Schloss Goldenstein, a convent in Elsbethen, an Austrian parish nestled between the church spires of Salzburg and the arresting backdrop ...

SALZBURG, Austria — Set against snow-capped Alpine peaks, the convent chapel at Schloss Goldenstein is candlelit and set for Advent. In early December, the mood was contemplative, a sharp contrast to ...

Three Austrian nuns in their 80s have run away from the old people's home where they were placed and gone back to their former convent. Sister Bernadette, 88, Sister Regina, 86, and Sister Rita, 82, ...

Sisters Regina, Bernadette and Rita pray at the convent chapel of the Goldenstein castle, in Elsbethen, south of the city of Salzburg, Austria, on Sept. 20. (Joe Klamar | AFP via Getty Images) ...