Dear Editor: Ed Moffitt writes in a recent letter that “The two sides disagree on who runs this country” (“Are We Still Capable of Coming Together?,” Readers’ Forum, July 27).
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The Catholic Voters Should Be Informed
Dear Editor: The editorial comments regarding the upcoming 2020 Presidential election were distressing to say the least (“2020 Foresight,” Editor’s Space, July 27). While the editorial board cannot endorse a specific candidate or party , you can inform the Catholic voters about conflicts or disqualifications that may arise regarding the views held by either the party or the candidates.
Reading Maketh a Full Man
Dear Editor: As a retired teacher of high school and college English, I was in full accordance with Father Robert Lauder’s recent discourse on the lack of reading in today’s students (“Importance of Reading,” June 15). Although I retired a number of years ago, I also substituted for many years thereafter. Thus, I was able […]
A Chance to Relax During a Very Hot Summer
Dear Editor: Thank you for inviting me to submit (and publishing) my summer reading list (“What the Diocese is Reading,” July 20). It is an honor to be in the company of such luminaries.
The Magnificent Life of Kaitlyn Bernhardt
Dear Editor: The article “Brooklyn Teen on Early Road to Sainthood Remembered at St. Bernard’s Parish,” by Antonina Zielinska, on July 6 was a moving eulogy and testimony of the short but magnificent life and ministry of Kaitlyn Rose Bernhardt… a very beautiful, blessed instrument and messenger of God’s love and desire for the salvation of His earthly creations.
About Human Composting
Dear Editor: Will George Weigel never tire of his quest to prove the superiority of his personal preferences over those he chooses to call the “unchurched,” but also those of many of the Christian — and Jewish — faithful? In his column on “composting,” (“On the Composting of Thee and Me,” May 11) he makes sport of anyone who has the temerity to hold that our human bodies are but “microbes on a grain of dust,” despite the fact that the Church has proclaimed exactly that on every Ash Wednesday since time out of mind.
Are We Still Capable of Coming Together?
Dear Editor: These are scary times. We no longer seem capable of coming together to fix our problems. The two sides disagree on who runs this country. And, sadly — it is no longer possible to settle the question through elections, because they don’t even agree that elections are how you decide who’s in charge. That’s the basic issue here. Who decides — who runs the country? When parties hate each other and can’t accept the election results, you have what our country is about now! When you stop accepting election results you have a countdown to a civil war.
Father Bob Blauvelt
Dear Editor: It is hard to imagine that anyone could better teach the meaning of love, divine and human, than Father Bob Blauvelt. Through personal example and the Cursillo he inspired The Tablet editorial staff to accept and promote the message of Vatican II.
Mother Cabrini, a Great Role Model
Dear Editor: There should be a public memorial of Mother Cabrini in New York City. Yes, a statue should be erected to her, especially in view of the Mayor’sefforts to evidence increased statues of women in NYC, pointing to their contributions to our society.
The Effects of Abortion
Dear Editor: Sadly, we see the effects of abortion on demand mutating and infecting the minds, hearts and very souls of the millions of those men and women which have followed the Roe v Wade generation, which ushered in the culture of death. I speak of the children who have been brainwashed and trained to hate without reason and their predecessors.