Thanks go to 
nocturnia for bringing the following story to my attention.
The Vatican have issued an apology over the Inquisition and the Witch Burnings. Fat lot of good it'll do the tens of thousands who were burnt at the stake (including Galileo for claiming the Earth revolved around the Sun) but hey, at least some organisations know how to apologise several hundred years after the fact..... (grumbles)
Talk of Witches at Vatican Inquisition Conference (Reuters; Wednesday June 16th 2004)
