Bioethics and the Church

I attended a talk after meditation yesterday on Bioethics. Mr. Carvalho who was an eminent doctor in the field and a crusader of Right to life, a member of the pontifical academy for life and recently appointed to the Vatican shared some of his experiences on being part of the conclave in Rome.
The talk centered around what was discussed and not the discussion itself which would be patently unwieldy. we had dinner and each one fell into conversation. After a while Mariano brought the Autograph book to be signed by Mr. Carvalho. Mr. Carvalho wrote the usual like everyone else do..."Thank you for this opportunity..." He then wrote something that impressed me beyond compare. He ended the autograph writing: It is always an honor to defend the Church

This moved me immensely. That people take the church seriously and make 'defending' it, a life of their own as if living two lives, one your own and one defending the church.