EX-NUNS WHO DISLIKED EACH OTHER AT FIRST GOT MARRIED
Two Brazilian former nuns who first disliked each other in a convent fell in love and got married.
Francília Costa and Luiza Silvério tied the knot in an outdoor civil ceremony in October 2025, Net.hr reported. Their road to the altar began in that convent, where neither woman was thrilled about the other.
BBC Pidgin reported that Luiza was 19 when she first encountered Francília there. Francília had already spent five years in the convent. She had taken solemn vows of poverty, chastity and obedience and was studying theology.
The first impression was nowhere near romantic. Luiza remembered thinking Francília was a “snobby little nun,” GO Magazine reported.
Francília felt exactly the same way.
“I was thinking the same thing about her. Seriously, how can someone be so stuck-up?”
She said that in an interview with BBC Brasil.
She also told the BBC: “You know when you just don’t like someone right away? Like, for absolutely no reason?” G1 Minas Gerais reported that she laughed as she described her early view of Luiza as a stuck-up nun.
Over two years, the animosity melted into friendship and admiration. Both women had identified as bisexual as teenagers.
From the convent to the altar
Both women eventually left religious life for personal reasons related to mental health. After leaving the convent, they shared an apartment.
Francília told BBC News Brasil that she confessed her feelings after watching the romantic comedy “Love in Verona.” The friendship became a relationship, and the relationship became a marriage.
They still keep in touch with nuns and friars from their former convent. No one from the Church attended their wedding, though.
Still Catholic, still sharing
The couple remains Catholic and has shared its story on social media, La Nación reported. GO Magazine reported that they have more than 70,000 Instagram followers.
The Catholic Church does not recognize same-sex marriages. Pope Francis did permit priests to bless same-sex and “irregular” couples under certain conditions.
The couple said they face judgment and prejudice but chose to stay together and keep their relationship with the Church.
A visit home to Piauí
G1 Piauí reported on August 12, 2026 that the couple visited Francília’s family in Piauí after their marriage.
Francília is from Canto do Buriti, in southern Piauí. During the visit, she introduced Luiza to her family’s routine and local traditions.
