I am constantly amazed at the misinterpretation that people make about the Constitution and the founding of our country.
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Sentiment Over Substance
Bad manners originating from one Republican candidate should not upset us more than numerous American jurists exercising their commitments to progressivist crimes against humanity.
It’s Not Obama’s Fault
I beg to differ with George Weigel’s column (Resisting the Demagogue, March 12) that the Obama administration’s fecklessness has caused the dangerous world we live in.
An Easter Message
We feign pacifism while our faith is being trampled.
Catholic Award to Biden?
Regarding “Biden, Boehner to be Honored at Notre Dame University Graduation” (March 12), it makes me wonder how much thought went into selecting those who receive the school’s Laetare Medal.
Great Retreat in Bay Ridge
Many parishioners of Our Lady of Angels, Bay Ridge, participated in a Lenten retreat.
The Legacy of Benedict XVI
Responses to “The Legacy of Benedict.”
Any Room in the Inn?
Dear Editor: During a recent commute to Manhattan, I tuned into WNYC, a listener-supported radio station broadcast on 93.9 FM. A story about an Eritrean priest, Father Moses, and his ministry helping migrants enter the European Union engaged my attention.
‘Uncle Artie’ Candreva
Dear Editor: Rest in peace, Father Arthur Candreva, who served the Brooklyn Diocese as a layman, deacon and priest. A wonderful and caring man, he had a profound influence on many as a teacher and model for living the Catholic faith. As the CCD director at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, South Ozone Park, in the ’70s and ’80s, “Uncle Artie” found himself running the parish Youth Council and taking a lot of young people, including me, under his wing.
Politics Becoming a Circus
Dear Editor: I was appalled to see that the reaction of the Senate Majority Leader to the recent passing of Chief Justice Scalia was to issue a warning to the president not to bother nominating a candidate, as it would be ignored. What a combination of bad taste and arrogance! Watching the GOP presidential debates […]