Limbo in Limbo?

One of the few really cool things about the Catholic Church is being relegated to, well, oblivian (how tempting was it to write the l... word there):

Pope Benedict XVI could announce as early as today that the Catholic Church is abandoning the ancient concept of limbo, a way station for babies barred from heaven because they were not baptized, according to unconfirmed reports circulating Thursday in Europe and elsewhere.

Excuse me. Excuse me. It wasn't a waystation by any stretch. It was for eternity.

I think I always suspected this:

... limbo can be traced to a 13th-Century attempt to reconcile two different concepts from the Bible and ancient writings: that people must be baptized to be saved and that God wants all people to be saved. The solution was to place the unbaptized in limbo, a place of joy and peace -- but not quite heaven. (emphasis mine)

Why, that's West Virginia, isn't it?


Almost Heaven, almost.


Made a million bucks singing about Limbo.

Actually, the Catholic Church has no idea what a floodgate they are opening. If unbaptized babies can make it into heaven (though I might perfer the peace and quiet of limbo to the hullabaloo of heaven with its Seraphins and assorted choirs), then anybody can make it into heaven.

And that anybody includes muslims, jews, hindus and, yes Virginia, even Democrats!