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Radio Ambulante is a podcast that tells the stories of Latin America.
Laura Carrasco / Mobile Radio
When she entered the convent, she thought she had left her pain behind.
Silvia Albarenque’s family has always been very Catholic. For this reason, when she announced at the age of 19 that she wanted to become a cloistered nun, they supported her decision. But from the outside they couldn’t imagine what would happen to her in the convent.
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When she entered the convent, Silvia thought she was leaving her pain behind.
Silvia Albarenque’s family had always been devout Catholics, so much so that when, at the age of 19, she announced that she would become a cloistered nun, they supported her decision. But from the outside, they would never have guessed what was happening within those walls.
