Recent Letters

This week the Vatican stated that God “does not and cannot bless sin.” The Vatican also stated that blessing a same-sex union would be supporting “a choice and a way of life that cannot be recognized as objectively ordered to the revealed plans of God.”

I read that U.S. bishops have affirmed that being vaccinated can be an act of charity that serves the common good during the pandemic even though vaccines were developed with abortion-derived cell lines. The bishops arrived at this guideline in warp speed.

It is now time for the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to excommunicate Joe Biden. It will take great courage for a prelate to excommunicate him. However, this is what is so badly needed.

We cannot end the pandemic anywhere if we don’t end it everywhere.

Elizabeth Haran raises an excellent idea (March 9, 2021) about focus on support of women in crisis pregnancies rather than protest and condemnation in front of abortion clinics.

Comments on the letters of Mr. Stillman and Ms. Haran. I agree with many of their points. We need to support women in crisis, help all women see their dignity, and help them make positive choices in favor of family, avoid pressure to “have a relationship” and instead choose a man wisely who will truly commit to her for life.

I am writing in response to the shock and anger I felt after reading “San Rafael Carmelites to resettle in separate monasteries,” Catholic San Francisco, Feb. 11, 2021.

It broke my heart to read your article about the closure of the Carmelite monastery in San Rafael and the four elderly nuns that live there. They’re being evicted, separated and sent to live somewhere in the Midwest. Two of the nuns will have to drive themselves 2,000 miles from San Rafael to North Dakota. The other two will be sent to live in Michigan. Mother Dolores is 98 years old and can’t understand why they have to leave. If her broken heart doesn’t kill, the Midwest winters probably will.

It was interesting to read the letter from Marie Zahn on one page and the article regarding pro-life by Sister M. Carol Baetz on the next in the Feb. 25, 2021, issue of Catholic San Francisco.

Reading Sister M. Carol Baetz’ column, it was hard to avoid the impression that Sister believes that being pro-life means talking about everything but abortion.