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Who Is Anti-Abortion and Who Is Pro-Life
Dear Editor: I am struck by the contrast between the front page article on President Trump’s address to the March for Life and the column by Edith Avila Olea (“What Is the Value Of Life,” Feb. 1).
You Can’t Be Pro-Life and Democrat Anymore
Dear Editor: The article written by Edith Avila Olea (“What Is the Value Of Life,” Feb. 1) was well written, and she states all the worries about the cost of pre-natal care, giving birth, the lack of paid parental leave, the cost of child care and that life isn’t a simple act of birth — it costs money.
Jordan Peterson’s Illness And the Broken Internet
Jordan Peterson, a Canadian clinical psychologist and famous YouTuber, is ill. His daughter, Mikhalia, herself an internet sensation, has announced that her father, a professor at the University of Toronto, has been away recuperating.
Mary Higgins Clark, 92, Mystery Writer
Mary Higgins Clark, known as “queen of suspense,” died of natural causes in Naples, Florida, Jan. 31. She was 92.
Sister Mary Aquin Flaherty, S.C.
Sister Mary Aquin Flaherty, S.C., a member of the Sisters of Charity for 77 years who taught at the former Bishop McDonnell Memorial H.S. in Brooklyn from 1959-67, died on Jan. 29 at the Kittay Senior Apartments in the Bronx. She was 98.
Sister Eleanor “Alexis” Mac Eachen
Sister Eleanor “Alexis” Mac Eachen, F.d.L.S., who spent most of her teaching career at St. Mary Gate of Heaven, Ozone Park, died on Jan. 27 in West Islip, L.I. She was 90.
Italian Missionary Made Home in Brooklyn
Father Giorgio Ferrara, P.I.M.E., a member of the P.I.M.E. (Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions) who served as a parochial vicar at the Basilica of Regina Pacis, Bensonhurst, died Jan. 28 in Brooklyn. He was 59.
Served the People Faithfully for Decades
Father Joseph A. Cestaro, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on Jan. 20 at his private residence. He was 83.
Chaplain at Queens College Remembered
Father Paul A. Wood, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn who was chaplain for the Newman Center at Queens College, died on Jan. 31. He was 65.