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Andrew Sullivan posts an old, recycled, but still more or less funny Catholic joke:

Leonardo Boff, Hans Kung and Benedict XVI all die on the same day. They arrive at the Pearly Gates and St Peter welcomes them and says that Jesus wants to see each of them individually. Boff is first to go in to see Jesus. After half an hour, Boff comes out, shaking his head, and muttering, "How could I have been so wrong?" Kung is next. Same deal. After a while, Kung too emerges, head in hands: "How could I have been so wrong?" Benedict is next. After half an hour, Jesus himself comes out and groans: "How can I have been so wrong?"

This is the sophisticated, high-brow Jesuit-y version. I used to hear it told about St. Francis and Mother Theresa, with the altar boy "coach" at my parish in the starring role. He was kind of a mean guy. His name is the title of this post, and I'm not even kidding.

Posted by Dr. Frank at June 8, 2005 04:12 PM | TrackBack