Pope brings down the house, joking with cloistered nuns

REFILE-CORRECTING LOCATION Pope Francis arrives to a mid-morning prayer with contemplative nuns at the Sanctuary of the Senor de los Milagros in Lima, Peru, January 21, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

LIMA (Reuters) - Pope Francis brought down the house, or more precisely the church, on Sunday when he addressed cloistered nuns who were given special permission to leave their convents to see him.

At the start of his last day in Peru Francis addressed some 500 nuns, known as "contemplatives," who usually live a life of prayer and rarely leave their convents except for medical reasons.