Heart and Soul: Poland's nuns lifting the veil
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
What happens when a Catholic nun in Poland chooses to leave her religious community? Nuns are rejecting their orders after experiencing what they now regard as abuse. Some say they have even been sexually abused by priests. Izabela Moscicka recently made this journey. She stopped being a nun and is now living independently in Krakow. She knows how hard it can be, so she is setting up an aid centre for nuns and former nuns, who are looking for assistance and refuge. For the first time, Izabela shares her life story, the realities of the day to day life of Polish nuns, and the difficulties they have if they decide to leave the church.
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| 0:00.0 | LiveSless Ordinary is the podcast from the BBC World Service |
| 0:04.0 | bringing you extraordinary personal stories from around the globe. |
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| 0:15.0 | Mamy w mieszkaniu Tomińscy. |
| 0:18.0 | So this is where our foundation is located. |
| 0:21.0 | In this building we also live. |
| 0:24.0 | Ja jeszcze nie mam mam li. |
| 0:26.0 | Ja nie mam żadnego z nami. |
| 0:28.0 | Mam być szoń na Nowym Zsławie, |
| 0:30.6 | który jest na tym zimie. |
| 0:33.0 | Rafał i starymi przyjścimy, |
| 0:35.0 | że na tym sklepowodnich są karlinowe, |
| 0:38.0 | nie zmiotami, |
| 0:40.0 | ale z drażącymi, kızmiącymi. |
| 0:43.0 | Rafał jest dla dla zimie, którzy nie ma tak ważnych, |
| 0:46.0 | żeby być nami. |
| 0:47.0 | Wydaje się na to, że na wsiadzaj, |
| 0:50.0 | a mamy do guzmina i się zanim zakończymy. |
| 0:53.0 | Jeśli anyone would like to come here and stay with us for longer we will make this place available. |
| 0:59.0 | For the women who come to live here, it will be a haven where they can come to terms with what many of them now regard as psychological and spiritual abuse. |
| 1:09.0 | And this is where the nuns who are seeking help with your organization are going to be staying healthy. |
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