1.0The Deacon's Benchhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbenchDeacon Greg Kandrahttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbench/author/gkandrarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="W3zGhLMFvI"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbench/2008/10/those-pandering-mannequins.html">“Those pandering mannequins”</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbench/2008/10/those-pandering-mannequins.html/embed#?secret=W3zGhLMFvI" width="600" height="338" title="““Those pandering mannequins”” — The Deacon's Bench" data-secret="W3zGhLMFvI" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> This item in the Wall Street Journal — describing how a lot of voters are still undecided — reminded me of some conversations I’ve had recently with observant, faithful Catholics. These are people from different parts of the country, with different backgrounds and economic circumstances. But on three different occasions, three different people told me…http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0DySLTT4PWo/SOyxkOvVdiI/AAAAAAAADGo/lJWE5JXLEUY/s320/knoxvillepauljrichardsafpgetty.jpg