Dear Editor: I can believe that Cardinal Pell’s accuser was abused in church as a child, but not by the cardinal and not on that date either. The accuser’s life deteriorated shortly after the incident, he quit the cathedral school, started to take drugs, etc.

Dear Editor: I visited Knock some years ago with my wife and grown son, as part of a “Ring of Ireland” tour that also took us to Killybegs, my father-in-law’s birthplace in Donegal. This was after St. John Paul II had visited the shrine, and before Pope Francis made the same trip.

Dear Editor: More on Darwinism: it doesn’t explain human language (“Getting Beyond Darwin,” Aug. 24). Animals have their own language which is limited to expressions regarding food, sex and emotional states such as alarm at the presence of a predator. But humans, having a rational soul with intellect and will, can communicate thoughts about art, philosophy, religion and morality.  Risibility the ability to laugh at incongruity, is something only humans have.

Dear Editor: I’m greatly troubled by the belief of some who think we must move on, that there is too much talk of 9/11 many years later.

Dear Editor: Faith is very much alive among immigrant communities (“A ‘United Nations’ of Priests Spend Their Summer in the Diocese,” July 27). Brooklyn is a home for many uprooted and homeless people.There is much to learn from these communities that rely totally on God’s providence.

Dear Editor: I was very happy to see the feature entitled Self-Care Catholicism (Aug. 24). It is very important that we care for our whole selves – physically, spiritually, and mentally. However, it was a bit disappointing to see the topic of mindfulness addressed in the culturally accepted form which is Buddhist in nature and therefore not compatible with our Catholic faith.

Dear Editor: I read the article online by Wandy Ortiz and am disgusted with the decision of Chirlane McCray. It is obviously another example of religious discrimination. I am inquiring to see if The Tablet, as a Catholic media organization would start an online petition campaign to reverse Ms. McCray’s decision. Thank you!

Dear Editor: Off the top of my head I can think of only one other New York woman of note whose life made as much of a difference to the city as did that of Mother Cabrini and that is Elizabeth Ann Seaton. There are others, for sure, like Eleanor Roosevelt and Dorothy Day. But to by-pass Mother Cabrini for whom a hospital has been named as well as streets and a housing project is to overlook the obvious.

Dear Editor: Once again, Catholics are being overlooked and discredited (“Mother Cabrini Statue Nixed Despite Vote,” Aug. 24).