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Jul 31
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Why a nun chose to live inside a Mexican...

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Mother Antonia lived in a prison, but she had not committed a crime. The Catholic nun chose to live inside the walls of a notorious Tijuana prison voluntarily. It’s something she did for decades. She believed everyone deserved to be loved. And her presence there made her a legend. 


From our special archival doc summer series, this is Joan Webber’s 2007 doc - Faith Inside the Walls. 

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