Nun who gave birth ‘didn’t know she was pregnant’

The baby is named after Pope Francis.

Nun who gave birth ‘didn’t know she was pregnant’

A Salvadoran nun who said she had no idea she was pregnant gave birth in Italy after she felt stomach cramps in her convent and was rushed to hospital, Italian media reported.

The 31-year-old mother and her baby boy, who weighs 3.5 kilogrammes (nine pounds), are doing well and other new mothers in Rieti hospital have begun collecting clothes and donations for her, the reports said.

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