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Here is the text of a whimsical email conversation I had with a friend once (italicized passages are the words of my correspondent): Q: “Mark, is a dog’s mouth cleaner than a human’s? What the official infallible Catholic position on this question?” A: In his 16th Century encyclical Bene Canus (Good Doggie), Pope

Of all the works of mercy, probably the most thankless and despised is admonishing the sinner. Nobody wants to do it (except human toothaches and people who never get invited to parties) and nobody wants it done to them. “Repent!” is one of those words that eats at the heart

I got a little envelope in the mail today. No name on the return address. Just “P.O. Box 17453, Louisville KY 40217.” My name and address were dot-matrix printed on a label. The envelope had a regular 32 cent stamp on it. Opening it, I found two postcard-sized cards. The