With National Geographic Channel screening a new series on "fetal development in the animal kingdom, unlocking mysteries of one of nature's most remarkable journeys", I would not be surprised if animal fetuses suddenly become a protected species while human fetuses remain mere "accidents" which can easily be destroyed and disposed. It has amused me that we have such a fascination for the animal kingdom while considering our own 'species' as being worthless.

It's official

Martin Luther's excommunication has been removed by the Vatican. Well it was actually removed in 1999 by a joint Catholic-Lutheran statement though proceedings began a few years earlier at the instigation of Pope John Paul II. Since Martin Luther is no longer a heretic, who will be next to be 'reconciled' to the Catholic Church by way of another joint agreement. Henry VIII? Elizabeth I? Calvin? Knox? Zwingili?

Has Martin Luther had the last laugh?

Today there is so broad a conception of the what the Catholic Church is or should be that it seems religion as an entirely private affair subject to one's own conscience has overcome the entire world. Even among those who frequent the Traditional Latin Mass there are so many divisions according to personal preferences that it would appear we have all become Protestants, the writer included. So how then can we rectify this situation and have the Catholic Church as God intended?