Setting out the millions at so much per head is unsound, if ingenious. Not every one pays, and those who do are made to feel it.

1 min readUpdated 12 October 2022

My argument is not unsound. It is unsound to talk of millions without mentioning the distribution of the sources from which they come. Nor is any Catholic made to feel that he is paying. In fact, no Catholic is made to pay in any sense of the word, for there is no obligation to have Masses offered at all for one’s personal intentions.

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