When a nation is confronted with grief and doubt and uncertainty, its culture can sometimes fold inward — to the simple, the comforting, the seemingly pure. And maybe that’s what happened late in 1963 ...

Back in 1963 there was an improbable hit song by a French sister, The Singing Nun, called “Dominique”. But she couldn’t hold a candle to a another singing nun, a 25 year old Sicilian named Sister ...