Local defense attorney Tom Marsilio’s storied cross-examination of Saint Teresa of Calcutta has been featured in an article in the current issue of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s “Pennsylvania Lawyer Magazine.”
Local defense attorney Tom Marsilio’s storied cross-examination of Saint Teresa of Calcutta has been featured in an article in the current issue of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s “Pennsylvania Lawyer Magazine.”
From left to right, Martin Sheen, Mother Teresa and Joe Cosgrove after Mass. The celebrant is on the far right.
It was a quarter-century since the beginning of World War II when Pope Paul VI spoke to the U.N. General Assembly and pleaded with the world to leave its violent ways aside and follow the path of peace.
“No more war, war never again!” he exclaimed.
Another quarter-century later, that message had all but dissolved as war exploded in the Persian Gulf. In response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, the Western powers had assembled a ground and aerial combat force the size of which had not been seen since 1945. Led, of course, by the United States, these forces had begun a staggering campaign that would ultimately leave countless dead and displaced.