An Irish Catholic man near death... An Irish Catholic man was nearing the end, and his family gathered around his deathbed to hear his last wishes. They were all shocked when he asked first for an Anglican minister to come to him and convert him to their Protestant faith. When asked why on earth, after a lifetime of fidelity to the Catholic church, would he ever do such a thing, he replied, ""Because I'd rather a Protestant man leave this earth today, than a good Catholic!"" *heard this joke tod…