Speaking Truth to Power in a Nun's Habit
When I saw Sister Aida Velasquez OSB without a veil, I thought it was someone else impersonating her. We both had given our talks the day before. And that morning in Mindanao (Philippines) in 1991, she had just finished breakfast when I arrived. Ready to visit remote project sites, the activist nun was wearing jeans and a printed cotton blouse."I'm not in uniform," she said in her commanding voice. She must have
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