Dear Editor: This year I turned 86 years of age. During my life, it has always been my opinion that people of the world admired and had respect for our country due to, in part, the unity and strength of our citizens; and that through our political system we remained united in doing what was best for our country, politics aside.
letters to the editor
History of Immigration
Dear Editor: The engagement of the Church on behalf of “the right of every person to migrate” (Archbishop Bernardito, Feb. 11) is eloquent and inspiring. The long history of this engagement may be less well known to our readers.
Compromise on Immigration
Dear Editor: I came to this country legally as a refugee a very long time ago. I believe in law and order because your sense of justice is offended or you don’t feel safe in a country when laws are not enforced.
Stop the Discrimination
Dear Editor: As concerned Muslim, Catholic and Jewish leaders, we are deeply concerned about the recent executive order, which temporarily restricts travel to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority nations.
Everyone Has a Say in the Letters to the Editor
We’ve just completed compiling our entries for the Catholic Press Association’s Newspapers of Excellence competition. It takes quite a bit of time to peruse a year of editions but it’s also an opportunity for us to check ourselves and see if we are where we want to be.
Women and Life Issues
Dear Editor: In your column, you implied that participants in the Jan. 21 Women’s March had smashed windows and set cars on fire. In fact, an estimated four million people participated in more than 400 marches nationwide with zero acts of violence. The events you reference occurred on Inauguration Day.
Msgr. Bennett Remembered
Dear Editor: The Tablet might find it interesting to note that the late Msgr. Austin Bennett and his ordination classmate, the late and great Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, were both ordained on June 11, 1949. And both died on the same day in the month of January – Jan. 31 – five years apart. They remained close friends over the years and both were scholars.
Support of Catholic Issues
Dear Editor: In response to Rosemary Parker’s comments (Jan. 21) that she is “appalled” that Cardinal Dolan attended the Trump Inauguration, I would like to remind her that the candidate that she supported along with her union (United Federation of Teachers) was advocating policies that were in direct conflict with Catholic teaching.
Rego Park Misses Eileen
Dear Editor: As my husband and I were at Mass on vacation in Puerto Rico, we received a message that Eileen Feeney had passed away that morning at the age of 96.
Ridiculous Name-Calling
Dear Editor: Without any specifics, two recent letters make the same ridiculous claims about President Trump as the propagandistic media, calling him a fascist, a racist, a white supremacist, a supporter of Russian interventionist policies and a man who “compares” himself to Christ on an occasion of self-deprecating irony.