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Here’s a remarkable tale of a nun who is also serving in the U.S. Army: She’s an Army captain, a Catholic sister and a doctor. Deirdre Byrne wears many hats — quite literally: a scrub hat when she’s doing surgery and a habit as part of her everyday attire. The statuesque, graying 52-year-old recently exchanged…

The author of the essay below wondered that about himself — and he comes up with a pretty good answer. From the Washington Post’s On Faith section : In the end it wasn’t Thomas Aquinas, Pope Benedict or even St. Teresa of Avila – my favorite saint – who brought me all the way home.…

Could you imagine what the world might be like if some celebrities made this sort of statement about Jesus? This seems sadly misplaced to me. And yes: more than a little bit creepy. UPDATE: A reader sent me the following e-mail, which I found both thoughtful and thought-provoking: While the pledge to serve the President…

“The reinstatement is an internal Church matter. However, it is scandalous that someone of this stature in the Church denies the Holocaust. Denial of the Holocaust not only insults the survivors, memory of the victims, and the Righteous Among the Nations who risked their lives to rescue Jews, it is a brutal attack on truth.…
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