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In 2011, Tom was one of only two American conservatives featured in Time Magazine's Person of the Year photo spread about activism around the world.

Tom met Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in 2002 with President George W. Bush and Pope Benedict XVI when he visited New York in 2008.

He was awarded the Joint Civilian Service Commendation by the U.S. Department of Defense for his work in Iraq in 2003-2004.

Tom is a Knight Commander with Star in the Roman Catholic Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.