A few years back when God created Heaven and Earth, his intelligent design also created this neat nether-world place called Limbo. Limbo is a Catholic God place where unbaptised babies and worthy pagans like Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus and perhaps even a few Jews might end up when they die.
This month, 30 top theologians from around the world met at the Vatican to discuss, among other quandaries, the problem of what happens to babies who die without baptism.
…it remains an interesting relic, strangely relevant to what the Roman Catholic Church has been and what it wants to be. The theory of limbo bumps up against one of the most contentious issues for the church: abortion. If foetuses are human beings, what happens to their souls if they are aborted?
Ian Fisher | NYT | Link