Discussion ping!
----O'Brien, who earned the rank of captain in the Army, felt hostility personally while at a Fourth of July concert in Boston. He showed up in military dress, not having had the opportunity to change, and was greeted with hissing. "You would hesitate to wear a uniform," he remembers.----
Enlisted in the Army at 33! Oh man, this priest would go over great in D.C. He actually asks audiences to pray for priests! How novel! And he served in Vietnam!
So glad I was able to tune in tonight to hear of these speculations. Can you imagine Burke or Chaput in D.C.? Can you imagine the reaction from the CINO's on Capitol Hill?