Dear Editor: Monsignor Vázquez was a great priest (“Msgr. Vasquez Was Brooklyn Diocese’s First Hispanic Pastor,” Obituaries, Nov. 17).
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Father ‘Rock’
Dear Editor: I have known Father ‘Rock’ my entire life (“St. John’s Priest Is a ‘Rock’ for Athletes,” Feb. 23).He is a true Christian. He walks the walk that Jesus preached.
Sister Francis Kress
Dear Editor: I believe she assisted in a mental health clinic in Greenpoint near St. Anthony’s during the 1970s (“Sister Francis Gerard Kress, C.S.J.,” Obituaries, Feb. 23).
One of God’s Angels
Dear Editor: You were truly one of God’s angels (“Sister Mary Kilian Sullivan, R.S.M.,” Obituaries, Feb. 11, 2015). As an adult it is easy to see all the love you had for your students.
A Very Sad Reality
Dear Editor: Priests are humans (“Diocese of Brooklyn Releases Names of Credibly Accused Clergy,” Feb. 23) Many Catholics have abandoned their religion because of this scandal. I feel that’s just a feeble excuse. I personally refuse to let the clergy stand in the way of my religion. If you truly believe in your religion then you would realize the clergy shouldn’t be the crutch for your abandoning your faith.
Genuine Man of the Cloth
Dear Editor: It was with deep sadness we heard about the recent death of our late mother’s nephew, Father Vincent Keane (“Msgr. Keane, Teacher and Pastor, Served As Priest For 60 Years,” Feb. 9).
Abortion By The Numbers
Dear Editor: Seeing the children on a school bus, we get a good feeling. What if you are in Queens and saw over 300 empty buses? And in Brooklyn, 400 empty buses?
A Modern-Day Herod?
Dear Editor: Andrew Cuomo has now joined the ranks of Herod and Pontius Pilate. That governor washed his hands of the murderous act the crowd was crying out for.
School Closings
Dear Editor: Very sad about Mary Queen of Heaven in Brooklyn (“Three Brooklyn Diocese Schools Slated to Close, Two Will Merge,” Feb. 9). Great school, great teachers – why not give them more time?
Excommunicating Cuomo
Dear Editor: Excommunicating Governor Andrew Cuomo is exactly the response he wants from the Catholic Church. By announcing New York State is onboard, he singles himself out as a loyal ultraliberal member of his party and welcomes the attention he is receiving. Moral principles go out the window and are replaced by political ambition and a quest for power. Watch out, Governor.