Three nuns went to the Mother Superior with requests to leave their convent and order.
"Well," says the Mother Superior to the first nun, "why do you want to leave?"
"It's all so terrible. My widowed mother is dying and I have to care for my younger brothers and sisters," answered the first nun.
"Very well then, go with my blessing."
Then came the second nun. "And why have you chosen to leave?" asked the Mother Superior.
"I've been invited to work as a nurse in a plague ravaged African country," said the second nun.
"That sounds like a noble cause. Go with my blessing."
The third nun entered. The Mother Superior asked, "And why do you wish to leave?"
The third nun said, "You know, I've decided to become a prostitute."
The Mother Superior screamed and almost passed out. "Oh, sweet Jesus!" she exclaimed, holding on to the back of her chair. "This can't be happening! What did you say, sister?"
"I said I wanna become a prostitute!"
"A prostitute? Well, that's a relief!" said the Mother Superior, " .... I thought you said Protestant!"