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Two former nuns married each another in northern Italy on Wednesday in the latest challenge to the Catholic Churchs opposition to same sex unions.
The women, named only as Federica and Isabel by Italian media, were married in a civil ceremony by the local mayor, Luca Salvai, in Pinerolo near Turin following the legalization of gay marriage in Italy this year.
"God wants happy people who live love out in the open, Isabel told the Italian daily, La Stampa. We are asking our church to welcome all people who love each other.
The women, both aged 44, were to have been married in the small town on Thursday but they brought the service forward 24 hours in a bid to avoid mass media coverage after they gave a discreet interview to La Stampa published Wednesday.
It was a very simple ceremony, said Mr Salvai. It is their celebration and I am happy to have helped them to achieve their wish.
Federica comes from southern Italy and Isabel is from South America. Both belonged to the Franciscan order, named after Pope Francis namesake St. Francis of Assisi.
The women, named only as Federica and Isabel by Italian media, were married in a civil ceremony by the local mayor, Luca Salvai, in Pinerolo near Turin following the legalization of gay marriage in Italy this year.
"God wants happy people who live love out in the open, Isabel told the Italian daily, La Stampa. We are asking our church to welcome all people who love each other.
The women, both aged 44, were to have been married in the small town on Thursday but they brought the service forward 24 hours in a bid to avoid mass media coverage after they gave a discreet interview to La Stampa published Wednesday.
It was a very simple ceremony, said Mr Salvai. It is their celebration and I am happy to have helped them to achieve their wish.
Federica comes from southern Italy and Isabel is from South America. Both belonged to the Franciscan order, named after Pope Francis namesake St. Francis of Assisi.
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