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What was Loyola Marymount thinking?

Rudy Tekippe • Nov 09, 2021
After reading the news on AngelusNews.com of LMU’s decision to allow a Planned Parenthood fundraiser on campus, I am outraged that a Catholic university would allow this in any shape or form. This should be dealt with at the highest level.  We sent our daughter to LMU for four years and she received her degree there 30 years ago. If the school has changed to the degree of facilitating Planned Parenthood events, I would never recommend Catholic parents to do so in the future. — Rudy Tekippe, Pasadena

The nuance of ‘my body, my choice’

Yadranka Draskovic • Nov 09, 2021
Greg Erlandson’s column “The choices we make,” in the Nov. 5 issue, criticizes those opposed to the vaccine mandates for using the slogan “My body, my choice.” This slogan has been successfully used by abortion groups, so you can’t blame citizens who are opposed to vaccine mandates for making it their own.  There are a variety of reasons one may be opposed to the vaccine mandates, but a lot of the disagreement with them seems to have to do with government overreach and the right for people to choose what is best for their families.  In my case, my husband and I are both vaccinated, yet both of my children have different medical conditions for which they take regular medication. No studies exist regarding the effects and possible cross reactions with certain drugs and the vaccine. We have decided to exercise caution based upon our particular circumstance, as others families surely have, too.  Hence the problem: The mandates are using a “one size fits all approach” to fix a problem in which there are many variables. “My body, my choice” does not include the choice of the unborn baby when used in the case of abortion. The fetus has no say in the matter. That is part of what makes abortion so unacceptable.  If choice is the issue, then we as parents should have the choice to vaccinate our children or not. Adults who have other medical conditions should have that choice too, and certainly without the pressure of possibly losing a job. — Yadranka Draskovic, El Segundo

A student of ‘The other Guadalupe’

Deacon Gabe Saavedra • Oct 28, 2021
Thank you for your article about ‘The other Guadalupe’ in the Oct. 22 issue.  I was blessed to have visited the small town of Guadalupe in Spain after I finished the Camino de Santiago in July 2018. I went specifically to Guadalupe to see the Black Madonna that I read about and researched while studying for my Master of Arts at Loyola Marymount University.  I found the article to be very accurate and well-researched, drawing on authoritative information from the Royal Spanish Association of Official Chroniclers, and so I also learned some new details from it. — Deacon Gabe Saavedra, St. Bruno Church, Whittier

Archbishop offers ‘superior explanation’ of synodal path

Dn. Thomas E. Brandlin • Oct 11, 2021
The archbishop's column on the synodal path is a superior explanation of what the Holy Father is trying to do. Thank you for this wonderful and informative information. — Dn. Thomas E. Brandlin, Los Angeles 

Praise for an Angelus columnist

John D. Faucher • Oct 11, 2021
I want to thank you for including Heather King as a columnist. I find her columns informative, charming, quirky, and life-affirming.  — John D. Faucher

Bill Maher’s bad advice

Marilyn Boussaid • Oct 11, 2021
I'm appalled at the bad advice Bill Maher is quoted as giving in Robert Brennan’s Oct. 8 column “The truth of the Maher,” saying he’s not afraid of COVID-19, and he “ain’t going to give it to you,” and you should get out and enjoy life. Maher is frustrated that it’s hard to gather a live audience for his stand-up comedy. I sympathize. But that is no excuse to encourage people not to exercise prudence and sound judgment.  The people I know who are being cautious are doing so, not out of fear, but out of love and concern for their neighbors. It is not pro-life to be careless with a disease that has killed so many. Friends of mine have lost loved ones. I wonder how many loved ones Bill Maher has lost. How insensitive can you get? — Marilyn Boussaid, St. James Church, Redondo Beach

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