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Need more objects to war against the unborn
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Diane Hess
Damascus
The author of the letter “More peaceful demonstrations are needed to confront evil” (CR April 24) presented her case for more demonstrations against the war against terrorism, citing thousands killed and wounded and the high financial cost.
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Tridentine Mass should not become mascot for those attacking church
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David Smith
Ellicott City
I was concerned to read the article a few weeks ago “Cardinal says liberalized use of Tridentine Mass is bearing fruit ,” saying that it is causing many “traditionalists” who left the church to request to return to full communion. These “traditionalists” did not simply leave the church. They attempted to form schismatic churches; they continue to heretically attack church dogma and apparently feel that the Holy Spirit decided to stop guiding God’s church when he did something that disagreed with their ultra-conservative agendas. The suggestion by Cardinal Castrillon that the Society of Pius X and other similar groups “have expressly recognized Vatican II as an ecumenical council, but they disagree with the way the documents have been interpreted and put into practice” is simply wrong and dangerously naïve. I have in front of me as I write this letter, a quote made in October last year from Bishop Bernard Fellay, the superior general of the St. Pius X fraternity where he says, “the SSPX demands not only a correct interpretation of Vatican II, but the council documents actually be changed.” This group has attempted to define a new category of church council to which they think Vatican II belongs that does not have the stamp of infallibility that church dogma assigns to ecumenical councils. The Tridentine liturgy may be beautiful, but it will not benefit the church if it becomes the mascot for groups attacking the church, and more conservatively minded people need to be careful that they do not associate with these groups if they are participating in Tridentine liturgies for nostalgic purposes.
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Cures for global warming may be worse than disease
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Andy Welch
Clarksville
In your editorial “The morality of going ‘green’” (CR/May 1), you touch upon several good points about respecting the environment and the wisdom of conservation. You also mention that the poor are the most affected by climate change. You neglect to mention that the poor are also the most negatively affected by many of the programs being proposed to “control climate change.”
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A seminarian’s perspective on the pope’s visit
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Carlo Stebbings
Special to The Review
A couple weeks ago I got a call that I never thought I would ever get. Father Jerry, the vocation director for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, called me and asked the question that every seminarian would give anything to hear: “How would you like to serve for the Holy Father in New York?”
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Local church must be receptive to church around the world
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Father Richard T. Lawrence
Special to The Review
Last time, we talked about how our local church influences the world-wide church. But our local church must also be open to the influence of the church around the world, especially when the pope puts something squarely on our plate. An example of this can also be found in Benedict XVI’s United Nations address.
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Young adults need strong prayer life
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John R. Baronas
Illchester
I read with interest Therese Borchard’s opinion piece on why young adults leave the Catholic church (CR, April 17). She disagreed with several explanations, did not offer one of her own but concluded that we should “... be ourselves and stop worrying if we win or lose. Then the right people will come.”
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The church’s finest face
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Father Isaac Karoor
St. Ignatius Church, Hickory
At the papal Mass in Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., the most unique moments for me were when the Holy Father bent down and kissed the babe a mother had in her arms as she received Holy Communion; I was also deeply touched when the Holy Father got up from his seat and went to Placido Domingo instead of waiting for the singer to come up to him for his blessing.
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Commercials are offensive
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Charlie McGovern
Columbia
In the article (CR, April 10) regarding FOX television possibly violating FCC broadcasting regulations, there was the following statement: “Longstanding FCC regulations forbid over-the-air radio and television stations from broadcasting ‘patently offensive’ material of a sexual or excretory nature between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. when children are mostly to be in the audience.”
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Celebrating Mass with the pope
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By Father Richard T. Lawrence
Special to the Review
This column is the first in a three-part series by Father Lawrence.
To concelebrate Mass with Pope Benedict XVI at Nationals Park last week, I had to get out of bed by 4 a.m., a task I do not undertake lightly. But I was sure it was going to be worth it, and it was. When you celebrate the Eucharist with the pope, you know – not in your head, nor even in your gut, but deep down in your bones – that you are a part of something that is 25,000 miles around and 2,000 years deep.
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