Although the nets usually secularize Easter, one CBS “Sunday Morning” story defied the norm by reporting on nuns who sing for souls – and doing it with respect and care.
Correspondent Tracy Smith traveled to the farmlands north of Kansas City to explore “Heavenly Songs from Classical Music’s Unlikely Rock Stars.” Smith visited the priory of The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, which houses a group of cloistered nuns who recently rose to fame for their voices. Beating even the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the sisters reached number one on the Billboard traditional classical music chart last year, and earned Billboard’s recognition as “classical artists of the year” in 2012 and 2013.