Sister Paulette's advice is excellent, even prophetic, that we should consider our traditional, arrogant, self-regarding anthropocentrism as a kind of adolescence, and should instead mature by cultivating a sense of responsible interconnectivity with the immeasurably varied array of fellow living creatures with whom we share this great and wondrous world.

And as part of our progress toward maturity, we might hope that Catholics (and others) who refer to themselves as being "pro-life" may understand that that means being a friend and supporter and protector of all living creatures, not only human ones.