Letters to the Editor Week of October 28, 2023

Praise & Sadness for Msgr. Anthony F. Sherman, A View from Bethlehem, What an Honor for Celebrating 40 Years, Remembering Sister Corde, Tattoo Taboo, Thank You for Remembering the Victims

War in Israel and Gaza Is About All of Us

As the war in Israel and Gaza continues, as almost 200 kidnapped hostages suffer unknown fates, as millions of Israelis and Gazans live in fear, in a war that was unleashed as the next chapter of Hamas’ stated desire to wipe Israel off the map and take as many Jews with it as possible, I invite us to remember that our responses to this conflict say as much about us as they do about people and causes thousands of miles away.

Trek in Nature Brings NY State of Mind to Shrine

Days before some 8,000 Catholics gathered for the New York State Eucharistic Congress, an intrepid team of about three dozen assembled to briefly transform the scenic Empire State Trail from an upstate hiking and cycling route into a local path of pilgrimage.

Author of Catechism Says Pope Could Change Language on LGBTQ+ Issues

A celebrated prelate who helped write the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and who’s widely recognized as being among the Church’s top theologians, upheld Church teaching on LGBTQ+ issues on Friday but also said the pope has the power to change the catechism’s language describing homosexuals as “disordered.”