The nation’s early feminists who fought for women’s suffrage and other rights totally rejected abortion, Serrin Foster, president of Feminists for Life of America, told the Cardinals for Life student group at The Catholic University of America.
Month: March 2019
Call To End Affordable Care Act Is ‘Immoral,’ Says CHA President
An effort by the Department of Justice to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act in the courts is “unconscionable and immoral,” said Sister Carol Keehan, a Daughter of Charity, who is president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association.
Organizer of Pope’s Anti-Abuse Summit Terms It ‘Partly A Success’
A member of the organizing committee for February’s Vatican sex abuse summit has dubbed the meeting “partly a success,” saying it achieved his main goal of bringing about “unity for the whole church leadership that was present.”
Park Slope Catholic School Students Share “Tree of Life” With Local Synagogue
Seventh graders at St. Saviour Catholic Academy in Park Slope recently donated a “Tree of Life” to a nearby synagogue – in a heartwarming display of solidarity with the local Jewish community.
In Morocco, Pope Francis To Make Statements About Islam, Peripheries and Migrants
Pope Francis hits the road this weekend for an overnight trip to Morocco, where he will once again have the opportunity to shine a light on issues close to his heart such as interreligious dialogue, immigration and a church that not only occasionally goes to the peripheries, but that has its center in them.
Lt. Petrosino, A True Hero
Dear Editor: Thank you for printing such an interesting and informative article on a true hero Lt. Giuseppe Petrosino (“NYPD Remembers Hero Killed In The Line Of Duty In Pope’s Backyard,” March 16).
Thank You, Bishop DiMarzio
Dear Editor: On behalf of the Board of Directors, we would like to send our heartfelt gratitude to the Most Reverend, Nicholas DiMarzio, for specifically naming The Bridge to Life as one on the organizations to direct almsgiving during the 2019 Lenten Season in his March 9 column in The Tablet (“Lent Can Help Promote the Value of Life,” March 9).
A Role Model
Dear Editor: May he rest in peace (“Sports Round-Up – Anton Turkovic,” Feb. 2). He was always helpful and took great care of the students who played their sports! I recall his office with all his wonderful pictures that were so important to him of his memories.
‘Shema, Yisroel’
Dear Editor: After just having viewed the movie “The Invisibles,” at my local Kew Gardens Cinema, I was inspired to write this brief memorial for my late beloved companion, Gloria Beutel Katz (1948-2018), of Briarwood.
40 Days For Life
Thank you, Bishop DiMarzio (“In Response To New Abortion Law, Diocese Joins 40 Days For Life,” March 23). At St. Francis Xavier Parish in the Bronx, we are praying for the unborn in danger of abortion.