We have heard a lot about the obviously deranged Catholic bishop who denies that the Holocaust, the genocidal murder of Jews by the Nazis, did happen. Even 12-year-olds in post-World War II Europe would have been aware of the horrors that had taken place in Nazi Germany's death camps.

Would it not be better to ignore statements uttered by those who border on being insane? Why all the publicity? Unless, of course, the silly Bishop is seen as yet another stick to beat the Catholic church with.

The mass killing of unborn children in the US - around 48 million since the Roe versus Wade decision in 1973 - has been termed a "holocaust". Presumably, abortionists, those who are unequivocally in favour of the practice, and perhaps most women who have undergone terminations, will distance themselves from the term.

Is it not reasonable to refer to the mass killing in America of about 48,000,000 unborn human beings, albeit very small ones, as a "holocaust"?