Al Capone was a bad dude. But his Catholic upbringing gave him a healthy dose of Catholic guilt. He never went to Mass (probably would have done him some good), but he donated huge sums of money to the Catholic Church, founded soup kitchens, distributed clothing to the poor, and helped those who couldn’t pay their own hospital bills.

It doesn’t quite make up for the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre….but it’s a start. His tombstone reads, “My Jesus Mercy.”