This is a little messed up

So, it looks like we are getting our first Indian saint. No, not that kind of Indian. Dots, not feathers.



I tell you what, though, I am a little flummoxed by this:

She had burnt and disfigured herself to avoid a marriage, having chosen to dedicate her life to Christ.

Which spiritual virtue did this espouse? Is not the body the temple of God? I must just be too dumb to figure this stuff out.