On Sunday, an Italian nun was gunned down in front of a Mogadishu hospital where she had served for years.

She had been educated at the catholic seminary of Shkodra, run by Italian nuns.

When they're in Catholic sections, they swear that the same hairpieces come directly from Italian nuns.

She and six other Italian nuns established a home for waifs near the Brooklyn Bridge.

Among the dead were 10 health care workers, including 2 Italian nuns, who had been caring for patients with the illness.

One of the Italian nuns apparently went to another, unidentified city for medical care, where she died.

She would get special singing lessons - from an Italian nun.

A fourth Italian nun in Kikwit is reported to be seriously ill.

As it was, her family sent her away to a primary school run by Italian nuns, where she excelled.

All that time the children were being tortured, anybody could have found them, but only a tiny Italian nun did.