Two former nuns were joined in a civil union in Italy in a ceremony coming only four months after the heavily Catholic country approved same-sex partnerships.

Identified only as Isabel and Federica, two laicised Franciscan nuns who met three years ago during their pastoral service to the church, undertook civil union in front of Pinerolo mayor Luca Salvai of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement.

Already "married" to the church, there was only one option: the Franciscan nuns renounced their vocation so they could be together. Since then, they have spoken out against the church’s anti-gay stance.

“God wants people to be happy and to live their love by the light of day,” Isabel told reporters.

Commenting on the Catholic Church’s continuing rejection of same-sex marriage, her future bride, Federica, said, “We call on our church to accept all those who love one another.”

Isabel, who comes from an undisclosed South American country, and Italian Federica, held a religious ceremony after their town hall formality.

Presiding over that ceremony was Don Franco Barbero, an excommunicated priest, who has “blessed” many same-sex couples and who was defrocked by Pope John Paul II in 2003, largely because of his support for such unions.

Isabel and Federica are ” two lovely people, of intense faith and with serious studies behind them,” Barbero said. “They prayed a lot about this and … in the end, they took their decision knowing that not many would approve.”

The nuns weren’t the first to leave the church to be together. Last year, Vatican official Krzysztof Charamsa was defrocked after he left the church, declaring he was gay and wanted to be with the man he loved.

Source: http://www.nairadays.com/2016/12/28/2-nuns-renounce-their-vows-from-the-catholic-church-in-order-to-get-married/

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