Quote of the Day: A ‘Sister Act' With Millions of Views and a Mission
SISTER MARIZELE REGO, on why 'Vocation,' a song she made with her fellow Brazilian nun, Sister Marisa Neves, became a viral smash hit. It is part of a movement to try to make the Roman Catholic Church more appealing to the country's young people, who have been turning away.
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