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Description
Sits knitting among a groups of her pupils is the only nun in the world who doesn't wear the traditional monastic habit and uses make-up is Mother Mary Dominic Ramacciotti. The US nun who founded the home for orphaned girls has a special dispensation from Pope Pius XII to wear civilian clothing. "Girls' Town" of Rome teaches the 16 currecntly girls residing there to become skilled housekeeper, has been inaugurated although it has been operating for some time without fanfare.
