Nun

It's the fortnight before Christmas and all through the world's Catholic convents, nuns and monks are extra busy preparing the traditional delicacies they sell to a loyal fan base even in rapidly secularizing countries.

NUNS, UNS and the Nezavisnost media branch trade union are urging media to stop broadcasting Wednesday within the "Five minutes of thunderous silence" campaign.

In separate statements, the journalist associations said the traditional campaign is a warning to the public about the never-worst position of the journalistic profession in Serbia.

The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia has called on journalists and media to "turn off the sound and black out the screens" at 11:55 CET Tuesday.

They should do this as part of a symbolic international campaign dubbed, "Five Minutes of Thunderous Silence," NUNS said on Monday.

A former nun claimed that she was forced to engage in self-flagellation and write her vows in her own blood while living in a convent in Italy.

In an interview with an Italian newspaper the woman claims that the nuns of Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate were forced to take part in punishing rituals, as Daily Mail reports.

In June 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) occupied the Iraqi city of Mosul, which was the home to around 3,000 Christians. Soon, these Christians discovered that the Arabic letter "Nun" (?) had been sprayed on their doors to mark them as "Nasara" - the Qur'anic term for Christians. A few days later, they also learnt the implications.

NUNS President Vukasin Obradovic has said that the issue public (broadcasting) services' license fees is not the responsibility of the government.

The prime minister took on a part of the powers that do not belong to him, the head of the Independent Association Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) said on Friday.

Valerie Kontakos’ documentary “Mana” is the true story of six nuns and 60 children. It took Kontakos three years to convince the nuns to share their story because they had their fair share of publicity when they made the top headlines in the Sixties for running away from home.

Archaeologists in Oxford, discovered a series of 92 skeletons in digs. The peculiar fact, however, is that among them is a team of “Sex-crazed nuns”.

According to the findings dating back to 1110 A.D., 25 of the skeletons were men, 35 were women, and 29 cannot be determined.

Prayers were said at churches across India on March 15 for an elderly nun who was gang-raped at a convent in an attack that has intensified anger over sexual violence and fuelled fears among beleaguered Christians.
      

22 attacks on journalists in Serbia this year

BELGRADE -- There have been 22 attacks on journalists in Serbia this year -12 physical assaults, which indicates a deterioration in media workers' position, said NUNS.

The Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS) on Wednesday presented its annual report.