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Article: Henry Hyde (1924-2007).(Opinion)(Obituary)
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- First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life
- Article date:
- February 1, 2008
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In September 1984, I had a sabbatical year at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. One day--while I was having lunch with a Seattle congressman, Joel Pritchard, then in the midst of a bout of chemotherapy--a portly gentleman came up to our table to ask Joel how he was feeling. Congressman Pritchard introduced me to Congressman Henry Hyde, who politely asked what I was doing in town. I explained that I was exploring Catholic thought on war and peace at the Wilson Center. Hyde smiled and went off to his own lunch.
Fifteen minutes later, he came back and asked me, "Have you ever written anything on church and state?" I replied that I had and would ...