The Nation - News from Oct. 11, 1988

Five cloistered nuns who locked themselves in their Morris, N.J., monastery in a dispute over moves to liberalize their austere life style were overjoyed by news that Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa will speak to the Pope on their behalf. “We’re delighted, because we know we’ll get some help,” said Sister John of the Cross, a spokeswoman for the Carmelite nuns who have been holed up in the infirmary wing of the Monastery of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mt. Carmel since last Tuesday. Mother Teresa said in an interview with the Record of Hackensack that she will ask Pope John Paul II during a regularly scheduled visit to Rome in a few weeks to intercede on behalf of the five nuns.