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I noticed it this week during the retreat for deacon candidates and their wives: a surprising number of those here are following the Liturgy of the Hours on a Kindle, iPad or smartphone. The iBreviary is incredibly popular.<\/p>\n

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And now Tom McDonald<\/a><\/strong> reports a little piece of history:<\/p>\n

Suzi LeVine, incoming US ambassador to Switzerland,\u00a0was sworn in using \u00a0a Kindle<\/a>\u00a0displaying a page of the 19th Amendment (which gave women the vote).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s evidently the first time that has happened.<\/p>\n

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Who knows where this will lead next. More swearing ins like this will likely follow.<\/p>\n

How long until the Pope starts reading from one for the Angelus?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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