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Sisters and priests wowing the judges in Reality TV

Friday, October 9th, 2015

The Church is well represented on Reality TV in the last 12 months.

Last year, Sister Cristina Scuccia won Italy’s version of The Voice talent show, and went on to release a cover of Madonna’s Like a Virgin as her debut single.

Father Damian Maria Montes, 29, from Madrid, appeared wearing his clerical collar on the Spanish version of The Voice singing the Robbie Williams 1997 ballad.

Now Sister Florinda Ruiz, 68, from Puebla in Mexico has been dazzling the judges and the audience in MasterChef Mexico.

She decided to enter MasterChef to help her congregation pay off a big debt.

The top prize of 1m pesos ($59,000; £38,600) is only a fraction of the 7m pesos that The Sisters of the Passion of Christ and Our Lady of Sorrows owes over a school project, but Sister Flor – as she’s become known – hopes the money will solve the order’s immediate financial difficulties. Read More

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