Two prominent Catholic leaders in Syria criticized the U.S. missile strikes against their nation, wondering why they occurred before investigations into the origins of chemical attacks reported April 4.
President Donald Trump
Wide Range of Opinions
Dear Editor: The Readers’ Forum of The Tablet is truly remarkable by its variety of voices and opinions. The Tablet easily wins in this regard when compared to so-called “mainstream media.”
Pray for President Trump
Dear Editor: With all the divisiveness and political antagonism in the country, surely we can all agree on one thing. We should all pray for President Trump, that God will bless him and guide him to make the best decisions and choices for our country.
No Changes for Now at US’s Vatican Embassy
Despite opposing views on some issues, the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See will still look for common ground on global issues, the interim leader of the embassy said.
Normalizing Trump
Dear Editor: I beg of you, please stop! As a regular reader of the Tablet, I find your attempts to normalize President Donald Trump to be disturbing. Case in point: your Feb. 25 editorial, filled with pietistic language, attempting to make some kind of moral equivalence between Trump and his press critics. All presidents had issues with the press. Some journalists have always been unscrupulous. That is routine.
Trump’s Choice
Last week, President Donald J. Trump visited St. Andrew’s Catholic School in the Diocese of Orlando, Fla. Accompanying him were Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, and Governor Rick Scott. During his visit, the president told Bishop John Noonan, Orlando’s Ordinary, “You understand how much your students benefit from full education, one that enriches both the mind and the soul. That’s a good combination.”
Bishops Back Trump on Transgender
The chairmen of two U.S. bishops’ committees praised President Donald Trump’s repeal of the Obama administration’s directive on transgender access to bathrooms.
Where’s the Order on Religious Freedom?
Talk of President Donald Trump possibly signing an executive order on religious freedom – which drew both criticism and praise – has been replaced with discussion about what happened to it and what a final version, if there is one, will look like.
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.
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.