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As far as I know, this is still on, so until I hear otherwise, I'm going to flame away.

The first thing you should know is, I'm not Catholic. I'm as quick to crack a joke about some of the dogma and traditions as the next guy. But not being Catholic has nothing to do with the deep and abiding respect I have for the work Mother Theresa did over her lifetime among the poor.

So the idea of Paris Hilton portraying the icon in an upcoming movie is, to say the least, appalling.

Although there is controversy among critics about the life of the late nun, she is a woman who gave a life of service to her God and her church and some of the poorest of the world's poor. She eschewed the trappings of materialism that have become all but essential to Ms. Hilton's existence. The mere THOUGHT of Paris portraying the nun, then touching up her makeup from her $5,000 Gucci bag makes me shudder. The thought os her playing a holy woman, then hopping into a taxi at the end of the day to check out the night life is even more grotesque.

To ask an audience to see a multimillion dollar heiress and reality show tramp as a woman of God is asking the ultimate suspension of disbelief. While this may earn me a lifetime ban from a certain prominent hotel chain, asking the audience to see her as the indomitable, Nobel Peace Prize winning nun requires an acting talent that I honestly don't think Ms. Hilton possesses.