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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

It’s not enough to just be a ‘good person’

Cathy Wilcox • Sep 28, 2021
I must respectfully but adamantly disagree with Father Rolheiser’s column in the Sept. 24 issue, “Under a bridge in Austin.” Explicit faith is exactly what Jesus requires: “No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6).  “But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven” (Matthew 10:33). There are many people who do tremendous good works, but only professed faith in Jesus as the only Son of God will save them. It’s not enough just to be a good person.  Also, according to Scripture, no one can save another person — not even a loving sister or brother — as Jesus said in his teaching about the rich man and the beggar (Luke 16:26–31). Each person must come to faith in Jesus by his own choice.  Thankfully, Jesus is infinitely merciful, so he extends the invitation to believe in him to all, even to their dying breath. What is of comfort to us is that only Jesus knows the heart and who may have accepted him in their last moments.  — Cathy Wilcox, Ojai

Why do bishops oppose ‘Remain in Mexico’?

David Walter • Sep 14, 2021
I was disheartened to read in the Sept. 10 news brief “Catholics criticize immigration ruling” that the U.S. bishops are so concerned about having asylum-seekers having to remain in Mexico, a policy that has greatly reduced illegal immigration, while apparently not being concerned about the sex and drug trafficking and criminality associated with illegal immigration. — David Walter, Downey

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