Okay, the Nigerian archbishop was one thing. But when a centenarian sister who has voted just once before in her life–in 1952–is sending in her absentee ballot from Rome to New Hampshire to vote for Obama, well, something’s going on. Read this lovely feature from CNS on U.S. Sister Cecilia Gaudette, a member of the Religious Sisters of Jesus and Mary:

The nun, a retired music and art teacher, has lived in Rome for 50 years and only recently found out that she could register for an absentee ballot without returning to the United States….Sister Cecilia said she was sure Obama would win, just like the last U.S. presidential candidate she voted for — Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952. “I always said, ‘I voted once and I won the election,'” she told CBS News.

But if you do nothing else, check out the terrific CBS News report: