Praise for Father Hipsley Edwina M. Stewart Frederick 9/2/2010 I am writing to commend the cover story (CR, July 29) on Father Milton Hipsley. Too often we marginalize those who have memory problems or some form of dementia. I am grateful that you publicly acknowledge someone who is dealing with this issue and yet continues to minister in wonderful ways. I have worked with those with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias for many years and am amazed at how often they are some of the most loving, caring people, seeing the gifts in themselves and others, bringing love to the world. How courageous of Father Hipsley to speak his truth so openly. Continued...>>>
Magisterium backs Magliano Jeffrey M. Ross, Esq. Baltimore 8/27/2010 With so many negative responses to Tony Magliano’s Aug. 5 column, readers of the Catholic Review are apt to walk away with the clearly erroneous belief that the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki could be justified within the Catholic moral tradition. I respectfully insist that the Catholic Review dispel any such misconception. Without wanting to be too heavy-handed, let me add that I have a PhD in Moral Theology from the Catholic University of America. Continued...>>>
Bomb column naïve Robert Geary Ellicott City 8/20/2010 Tony Magliano’s opinion (CR, Aug. 5) of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was naïve and ill-researched. Continued...>>>
Truman was right Samuel A. Culotta Baltimore 8/19/2010 Letter-writer Christopher B. Costello (CR, Aug. 12) was 100 percent on the mark when he described Tony Magliano’s column (Aug. 5) as “misleading, pacifist propaganda.” Without the nuclear bomb, many more Japanese people would have been substantially killed in warfare before they would have considered surrendering. Continued...>>>