TO THE EDITOR: Father Joseph Creedon’s hostility to the Latin Mass mystifies me. In The Rhode Island Catholic’s July 8 article (“Ways we worship: Celebrating the Latin Mass”), Latin Mass priests and parishioners reflected upon the beauty of that rite. No one denigrated the ordinary form of the Mass. more

TO THE EDITOR: In his Apostolic Exhortation on the Word of God, Pope Benedict XVI wrote about “dark” passages of the Bible; those passages which, "due to the violence and immorality they occasionally contain, prove obscure and difficult.” more

To The Editor: Rev. Joseph Creedon seems to be irritated by an article that you published recently (July 22, 2010). Whether his ire is directed toward poor editing and incomplete reporting by the paper, or toward the Latin language as a liturgical conveyance, or toward proponents of the Tridentine Mass, it is quite clear that he is upset. more

Editor: The editorial appearing in the Feb. 8 edition of The Visitor, "Don't play ping pong with the American and Iraqi lives" struck a most negative cord in me. In particular, the last … more

TO THE EDITOR: First thank you for the series on different rites. (Ways we worship, July 8, 2010) Usually I do not write responses to articles, but in this case I was disappointed with the feelings of the two priests in response to Latin in the Mass. more

TO?THE?EDITOR: So happy to read the editorial in the recent R.I. Catholic that states the position of the Catholic Church explicitly with regards to capital punishment. Christ was for repentance, not revenge. more

To the Editor: Who is minding the store at RI Catholic? Agnes of God is a vindictive, blasphemous, sacrilegious mockery of Roman Catholicism and yet it rates front page notice, … more

TO THE EDITOR: Bishop Tobin’s article When Preachers Fall From Grace (The Rhode Island Catholic, July 22, 2010) is right on target. The Catholic who leaves the Church because of the sins and frailties of priests is stupid, i.e. crassly foolish. more

TO?THE?EDITOR: To Deacon John Needham, I say “thank you” for your many years of service as a public school educator but now that you are a deacon (and thank you for your service to the church too), we hope that you will be a little more influenced and enthusiastic about church teaching than that reflected in your statement “vouchers…, while they may have merit, simply decrease desperately needed revenue to public schools.” more

TO THE EDITOR: I was very surprised to read the March 15th editorial about the discussion of divorced and remarried Catholics receiving Holy Communion. The editorial writer cites as their main … more