In medieval Europe, there was a myopic priest who mistook a flock of penguins for a group a Christian pilgrims and blessed them. Later, he realized his mistake and informed his bishop. The churchmen who heard the story of the myopic priest's blessing faced a conundrum. Since they were blessed, did the penguins now have souls like men and women? And if so, could they be saved? Would these penguins have a shot at heaven?
The bishop decided to bring the question to St. Theresa. The story goes that she could not help but smile as the bishop grew more and more upset about the thorny problem of the blessed penguins. The bishop asked St. Theresa what should be done.
"Give them souls," St. Theresa replied. "But only little ones."
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