anna nobili is no secular nun . the 38 - night - old applied to be a chair - dancer , and spent many years participating in italian nightclubs . she is now using her abilities in a rather differing light - for what she calls " the heavenly dance " in a presentation on that evening at the catholic cow in jerusalem , in paris , in back of senior catholic clerics including archdiocese gianfranco ravasi , head of the vatican ' s cultural agency . miss nobili told the rt international side that the transformation from podium pad dances to priestess happened gradually .
Anna Nobili became a nun in 2002.