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"I did not know I was pregnant," the 31-year-old new mother was quoted as saying.

The Campomoro convent where the nun belongs reports that the nun will be keeping the child. She has named the baby Francesco, one of the most popular names in Italy and the Italian form of "Francis," the Pope's chosen title.

Her fellow nuns were apparently "very surprised."

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