The Holy ... Machine?" I mumbled.
"Yes." She gave a little laugh. "A great miracle. He is a kind of robot, but God has given him a soul - and not an ordinary human soul either, but the soul of a saint or an angel!"
"But ... I thought robots were ... bad ..."
"Yes, of course, and Mary Magdalene was a whore. To God, all things are possible.
Author: Chris Beckett