BERLIN — Since breaking into their convent near Salzburg, Austria, Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita have been busy.

On their Instagram account, Rita, 82, can be seen rushing about the cloisters and dabbling in boxing lessons. Sister Regina, 86, has gotten so used to climbing four flights of stairs, she forgets to take the recently donated stair lift. And Sister Bernadette, 88, regularly shares sharp-witted observations about matters both sacred and secular over a ritual cup of coffee.

The octogenarian nuns made headlines across the world this fall after staging an escape from the care home they say church authorities took them to against their will.

The Augustinian nuns have the support of the local community and a growing flock of more than 185,000 Instagram followers.

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