Poem: The cannon was fired! The dogs barked!

Boom! The cannon was fired! The dogs barked!
The men and women stood around,
Stilled and pledged to make no sound,
A sombre silence there to tell,
Today they remembered the men who fell.

A church that safeguards children can never justify an unconditional seal of confession

Sometimes it’s worth reminding ourselves that God is infinitely better than his supposed representatives on earth. The Catholic church, my own denomination, is one of the most striking cases in point.

The frightening potential of genetic editing goes well beyond rogue science

The BBC has featured an interesting story about the work of Chinese professor He Jiankui, who has produced the world’s first genetically edited people.