Recent Letters

There is great hope for our future. Congratulations to the wonderful kindergarteners at St. Dunstan School for raising $400 to sponsor four endangered animals, with guidance from their teacher Annamarie Pacheco (Jan. 14, 2021).

There is an admirable amount of concern and research given in the articles championing the cause of religious liberty and discrimination against organized religion under the COVID-19 restrictions; but that same level of passion and detail should also be given to the analysis and reporting of racial discrimination and the related protests.

From the tenor of the letters in the last two issues of CSF, I get the impression that most readers have ambivalent or downright negative feelings about the archdiocese’s push for felony vandalism charges against those who wrecked St. Junipero Serra’s statue. Not me. I was happy that the archdiocese was willing to fight for “home and family,” and rather wish the Marin prosecutor had also filed hate crime charges. I’m not a heartless guy.

I am not a member of any political party so I have no political bias. I believe in facts, so I’m wondering why millions of people, especially evangelicals and Catholics, have sided with Mr. Trump because they thought he was a supporter of the “right to life.”

I am writing to respond to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to develop a working group to deal with conflicts between Biden policies and church teaching.

Can’t the archdiocese negotiate specific Mass practices with the health authorities, and go from there?

Trump garnered many Catholic votes because of his stance on abortion. However, in 2020, he has supported the execution of 10 inmates in federal prisons, with at least four more scheduled, before he leaves office.

I read with great interest and agreement Mel Figoni’s letter to the editor, “The right to life is preeminent,” (Nov. 19). It was very reassuring to read what I so believe and feel the Catholic Church has lost sight of when it comes to the issue of abortion.

As I listen to Bishop Barron’s discussion of the McCarrick Report and the admissions that the right people were made aware, again and again, and that not only individuals failed but the whole system failed – I have a sinking feeling that we are witnessing the same unwieldy process at this moment, again, in another arena.