Tear It Down Re Bill Williams’s review of Julian Guthrie’s The Grace of Everyday Saints (11/7) about the fight to save St. Brigid’s church: I was married in St. Brigid’s 56 years ago, and I can state that it was not a thriving parish. Two friends of mine were among the very f

Make Charities Catholic Re “Fighting Bias” (Current Comment, 10/31): The federal government’s recent denial of funds for the U. S. Bishops’ Office of Migration and Refugee Services should come as no surprise. Whoever controls funds controls how the funding agencies operate. T

I Can No Longer Listen Re “Pope Promotes ‘Unworldly’ But Open Church” (Signs of the Times, 10/10): I would like to hear Pope Benedict’s message with a joyful, open heart. I would like to welcome the good news of Jesus into my life as it is proclaimed to me by my church

Undaunted Just a little note on the “Save the Altar Girls” editorial (10/10). I winter in Florida, where my parish swells to seven weekend Masses during the snowbird season, with three aging priests to handle them. One Sunday none of the altar servers showed up, and the priest asked if s

The Dead Canary In response to Signs of the Times, “Pope Promotes ‘Unworthy’ but Open Church” (10/10): Being a voice in the world but not of the world is a tough road to follow. The church will change; even the decision not to change produces change, because the worldly conte

Delusionalism In response to V. Bradley Lewis’s “American Exceptionalism” (10/3), there are still more sinister connotations to that word. Not only does it distract us from facing our problems, but it implies that the nation is entitled and favored by God to be number one in everyt