Apocalypse Baby (2010)
“Hundreds of men, armed with axes, clubs and knives, sacked the order’s building. The brothers and sisters had had time to take refuge a few kilometres away. Fundamentalist Hindus were demanding that the Christians get out of the region. Someone somewhere hadn’t been properly bribed. Things like that didn’t happen in Mother Teresa’s day. The Albanian nun knew where to find the best protection.
It’s the tenth time in two days that the Indian woman has repeated her story, including the most sordid... details. At first, it was very moving. But in the end, the sisters are wishing above all that she’d cut it short. Around her, they all exhibit the same patient smile. The level of sincerity behind the grimace varies from one to another. Not all of them are dead from the neck up. But others are, frankly, a bit touched. The austere mode of life to which they have submitted doesn’t rule out the ardent awakening of superior faith, but more often it encourages the most arid kind of idiocy.MoreLess
It’s the tenth time in two days that the Indian woman has repeated her story, including the most sordid... details. At first, it was very moving. But in the end, the sisters are wishing above all that she’d cut it short. Around her, they all exhibit the same patient smile. The level of sincerity behind the grimace varies from one to another. Not all of them are dead from the neck up. But others are, frankly, a bit touched. The austere mode of life to which they have submitted doesn’t rule out the ardent awakening of superior faith, but more often it encourages the most arid kind of idiocy.MoreLess
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