Recent Letters

I can’t remain silent as the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Flyers attempt to malign one of the greatest American Catholic women of our time, the late Kate Smith. Someone with a warped mind dug out an old, politically and morally insensitive song from way back in the 1920s and found that Miss Smith sang it in a play (and so did the distinguished African American singer, the late Mr. Paul Robeson).

In response to George Weigel (“The Ratzinger diagnosis,” April 27) whom I respect for his scholarship and his devotion to the church, not to mention his vocabulary:

In long experience with numerous priests in this archdiocese I have not met one who is lazy! Nor have I experienced one who was indifferent to needs of his parish. The only despair seen relates to how the church, to whom he owes loyalty, is forsaking many of those needs. I strongly believe I am not alone in these observations.

“Bishops, in communion with the pope, are solely responsible for teaching and governance, serving the faithful by the example of the good shepherd.”

In reading the letter that seemed to support the banning of children from Catholic schools if their parents were gay, I wondered in what other situations are children punished for the “sins” of their parents. If this is justified, what is the next group of children that would be banned? What happens to the children of divorced Catholics who remarried, or the children of parents who aren’t married, or the children of Catholic parents who practice birth control? At this rate, there might not be enough children to keep a school running.