Dear Editor: Serving as a teacher’s aide in the Catherine Laboure Program, which serves special ed, speech and learning-impaired students, I am proud to share this information with Tablet readers. Very recently, I was approached by parents of our former students who had graduated a while ago. Some of these students have even been affected […]
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Don’t Strike Out on Gil
Dear Editor: I join you and your neighbors in calling for the inclusion of first baseman and manger Gil Hodges into Baseball’s Hall of Fame. Hodges played this game the way it was supposed to be played. He showed exemplary performance, dedication and sportsmanship, a quality often not seen in today’s game. Fans recognize him […]
Younger March for Life
Dear Editor: Those who were present at the March for Life in Washington, D.C., were energetic. I split off from the group to visit with some friends, who have been marching for many years. This was my 36th March, 37 including the big ’80s snow out. The numbers of us who were at the first March […]
Here Are the Facts
Dear Editor: Patricia Kenney (Jan. 22) suggests that The Tablet should have requested proof before printing my letter concerning my very serious allegations against Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good. Here’s my evidence:
Non-Italian Pope in the Movies
Dear Editor: I am writing with an interesting thought about St. Pope John Paul II. Did he ever see the movie “Shoes of the Fisherman” starring Anthony Quinn as Kirel I, the first non-Italian Pope, in this case, a Russian? This is definitely a movie to be shown on NET-TV’s Classics series, followed by a wonderful […]
The Evil of Terrorism
Dear Editor: In light of what’s happened in France, we must remember there can be no compassion nor collaboration with evil. However, war is not the answer. People of faith need to pray to the Lord to bring an end to this evil. RALPH RIVERA Elmhurst
Culture and Polygamy
Dear Editor: Columnist George Weigel describes the African church as “firmly committed to orthodoxy” and free from the “culturally entrenched but dehumanizing way of life” especially in terms of marriage. He adds that “European Catholics might… ponder Pope Francis’ summons to learn from the church of the poor.” It is precisely because of their poverty, […]
Wake-Up Call On Vocations
Dear Editor: In his Sunday’s Scriptures column, “Embracing Our Vocations Brings True Happiness” (Jan. 17), Father Robert Powers “wishes that we prayed more often that every baptized person discern and respond to the vocation or vocations to which God is calling him.” In response, I would like to applaud Father Powers. In the Scripture passage (1 Samuel […]
Foul!
Dear Editor: The website of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good invites people to join their organization by featuring a photo of Pope Francis hugging a disabled young boy and asking people to join them in “fighting for a culture of life, justice and encounter in the public sphere.” Its Pro-Life page includes a […]
Challenging Cuomo
Dear Editor: Only those who desire to be misled would believe that Mario Cuomo was ever “personally opposed” to abortion. Never once did Mario Cuomo say that abortion was evil, intrinsically or otherwise. Never once did he say – as the bishops had, as he himself could have said – that opposition to abortion as a matter […]