Letters to the Editor

Readers Speak Out: April 11, 2021

April 8, 2021

(Editor’s note: The restrictions on worship have been felt across the country, perhaps most profoundly in British Columbia, where indoor services were banned again just before Easter as COVID cases rose. Our first two letters dealing with the closures are reprinted from The B.C. Catholic)

Readers Speak Out: April 4, 2021

April 1, 2021

Lives deprived The government of Argentina — a country that has given us Pope Francis — recently legalized abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy. It has decided to break God’s fifth commandment — “Thou shalt not kill.” How shameful, disrespectful and irreverent.

Readers Speak Out: March 28, 2021

March 25, 2021

Lenten warmth Just a couple of things I feel are noteworthy for they have warmed my heart in these past Lenten weeks.

Readers Speak Out: March 21, 2021

March 18, 2021

Justice denied The jailing of Fr. Stan Swamy for defending the human rights of an impoverished group against their overlords supported by a bigoted Hindhu fundamentalist political party makes a complete mockery of India’s boast of being the largest democracy in the world.

Readers Speak Out: March 14, 2021

March 12, 2021

Love story Re: Is technology threatening our humanity? (Jan. 17): My youngest son was born in 2015. On the third day of his life, the geneticist told me that my son was born with Trisomy 21, otherwise known as Down syndrome.

Readers Speak Out: March 7, 2021

March 4, 2021

Open doors Re: Woman granted voting rights for bishops’ synod (Feb. 14): After reading the article concerning the appointment of Sr. Nathalie Becquart to the general secretariat of the synod of bishops, it made me think of Jennie Trout and Emily Stowe, the first female physicians in Canada, some 140 years ago, and the suffragist movement which very gradually gave the vote to women in Canada.

Readers Speak Out: February 28, 2021

February 25, 2021

Bad match Re: Missal updated in Canada (Feb. 21): Changing the Collect Prayer to read “God, forever and ever” ignores the beauty of the English language itself, which clearly expresses the community of the Holy Father in His three divine personas: the Lord Himself, the Holy Son and the Spirit. Saying “One God” reminds the believer that God’s magnificence is embodied by three partners who are united in one form, the Trinity.

Readers Speak Out: February 21, 2021

February 18, 2021

Special niece Re: Is technology threatening our humanity? (Jan. 17): I was impressed with Charles Lewis’ article. We have a niece who is Down’s Syndrome. Sarah is now 39. She was born with major heart and other problems. I was working in Kingston when her parents brought her as a baby to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, I was shocked what I saw — this little baby with tubes and machines keeping her alive.

Readers Speak Out: February 14, 2021

February 11, 2021

Insulting stance Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has no trouble seeing the log in Donald Trump’s eye while ignoring the blinder covering his own eye!

Readers Speak Out: February 7, 2021

February 4, 2021

Papal protection Re: “Windsor scholar studies rise in local anti-Semitism” (Jan. 24): I would like to thank Dr. John Cappucci for his research into anti-Semitism in the Windsor area. This is a very important issue that should not be downplayed, as anti-Semitism is still very much alive.