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Putting her down

Well, we put one of our dogs down yesterday. That’s a polite way to say we killed her. In spanish, it’s even more vivid: ella fue sacrificada. Sacrificar in Spanish is the word for “slaughter” (as in animals whose meat we’re going to eat)...

Sister Death

I went down this morning to visit the bishop emeritus of Camiri, Bolivia, who is slowly dying. He is 75 and turned over his apostolic vicariate (like a diocese) to the new bishop about a month ago. It seems like only a short time ago that I’d see him wheeling...