September Is Prostate Awareness Month 

Dear Editor: September is Prostate Cancer Awareness month, and it is time to stand up to fight against prostate cancer. 

The pandemic of COVID-19 had kept many men from getting tested for prostate cancer. 

Now is the time to get tested. Prostate cancer is the second largest cause of cancer death. 

Prostate cancer is 99 percent curable when caught early. 

The American Cancer Society estimates 36,629 men will die this year from the disease. 

The key is early detection, which will give a person a better outcome. I know that only too well. 

I was diagnosed in 2016 with aggressive prostate cancer. My doctor after my regular physical found my PSA was too high. 

And he recommended I see a urologist, which I did, and ended up with an aggressive prostate cancer. It had gotten aggressive at age 66, and I had surgery and am now 75. 

Now I get tested every six months. Recently it was discovered my PSA is rising which suggested I get tested and that cancer cells were detected again. 

I am now being treated and if I had not been tested, I would not be around to warn others to do the same. 

Now, there are many treatments out there for prostate cancer, depending on the progression of the disease. As such, I call for all men over 45 to get tested. 

Your life may depend upon it, and your family depends upon you to live. 

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. 

Bellerose

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Inaccuracies in Complaint About 2020 Election 

Dear Editor: In “Letters to the Editor” from Aug. 31, John Adair accused President Donald Trump of asking Vice President Michael Pence to overturn the election results. He never did. He asked that Pence delay the certification of the votes until the multitude of legal challenges to the tallies could be properly examined. 

Does he not recall Bush v. Gore, when Gore exercised that right? 

There were many problems with voting laws being changed illegally under the guise of public safety due to COVID. 

Legally, only state legislatures have the right to enact laws regarding elections. In many cases, governors and others changed the laws illegally. 

Maureen O’Rourke 

Flatlands

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We Should All Know How the Constitution Works 

Dear Editor: It’s a sad commentary that in today’s political world some citizens don’t know how our constitutional republic works, or worse yet, choose to ignore it when it comes to supporting a candidate for the presidency. 

Vice President Kamala Harris was never properly vetted to run for this office. She never won a single primary and dropped out early when running for the office in 2020 for lack of support. 

She has not held a press conference, or faced any tough questions from reporters. 

The Democratic Convention, with its display of impressive speakers, had more to say about opponent Trump, than they had to say about any of her accomplishments or fitness for office. 

It was a joyful celebration with no substance. Everyone was finally “happy” that President Joe Biden was out and Harris was in compliments of the elite Democratic members who call the shots. 

We are looking forward to the Sept, 10 presidential debate and hoping that the moderators will be fair and impartial and allow each candidate to present their case openly and fairly. 

Thomas and Constance Dowd 

Oakland Gardens

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To Veil Or Not To Veil 

Dear Editor: Why would any woman wish to go back to traditions that restrict women (“Growing Numbers of Women Are Wearing Veils to Catholic Masses,” Aug. 31). 

Women should use their strengths and talents to move toward a more complete participation in the Church and reject any tradition or rule that inhibits this goal. 

Mary Lou Galgano 

Jackson Heights

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An Appreciation 

Dear Editor: Thank you for your great work. 

I appreciate it and encourage all my parishioners to subscribe to The Tablet. 

We miss Catholic New York (the former weekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of New York). 

Keep up spreading the good news. 

Msgr. William Belford 

St. Teresa Church 

Staten Island, NY