Jane Coaston
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Jean Donovan and the nuns who were murdered alongside her in El Salvador, they were raped and murdered by El Salvadorian right-wing death squads.
And then Jean Kirkpatrick and the Reagan administration lied about them and said that like, well, they weren't really nuns, they were activists.
That is what faith looks like.
Faith looks like dying for Christ, even when you know that the people in power aren't going to care.
The people, you know, St.
Maximilian Kolbe died in a death camp because he took the place of another man and starved to death on his behalf.
That is what I believe Catholicism and Christianity can be.
It is not about winning.
You know, we just celebrated Easter, which is like the ultimate victory story.
But people don't talk.
I mean, people don't want to talk about Good Friday in which Christ is arrested.
And when he is arrested, one of his followers cuts off the ear of a Roman soldier who's trying to take him.
And Christ heals the soldier's ear.
Christ doesn't defend himself against the accusations made against him.
He knows it's coming.
He's aware this has been coming for a long time.
And, you know, even Pontius Pilate is like, I don't really want to do this.
The people are like, we want this other guy freed, Barabbas.
And Christ has put through...
Torture.