Young Italian nun astonishes judges of “The Voice”…

March 20, 2014 Carl E. Olson General 0 Print

… with her performance of Alicia Keys’ hit song, “No One”:

The New York Daily News reports:

The 25-year-old [Sister Cristina, from Sicily] then told the quartet: “I have a gift and I’m giving it to you.”

Fellow Sisters bounce up and down backstage as the judges decide they like what they hear and push their buttons – only to be stunned when seeing the singer.

“If I had found you at Mass I would always be in church,” joked one of the panel, an Italian rapper known as J-Ax, who then added: “You and me are like the devil and holy water.”

Sister Cristina joined J-Ax’s team on the program, saying, “I hope that Pope Francis will call me now.”

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Carl E. Olson is editor of Catholic World Report and Ignatius Insight. He is the author of Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?, Will Catholics Be "Left Behind"?, co-editor/contributor to Called To Be the Children of God, co-author of The Da Vinci Hoax (Ignatius), and author of the "Catholicism" and "Priest Prophet King" Study Guides for Bishop Robert Barron/Word on Fire. His recent books on Lent and Advent—Praying the Our Father in Lent (2021) and Prepare the Way of the Lord (2021)—are published by Catholic Truth Society. He is also a contributor to "Our Sunday Visitor" newspaper, "The Catholic Answer" magazine, "The Imaginative Conservative", "The Catholic Herald", "National Catholic Register", "Chronicles", and other publications. Follow him on Twitter @carleolson.
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