Letters

Submitted on February 26, 2009

Send to friendOut of touch Editor: (Sen. Nancy) Pelosi is out of touch with her Catholic Church and America. In last week’s article, she said: "Decisions about whether to have a child do not and should not rest with the government." While it is true that government should not decide if a woman should have a child, it is not true that the woman is not already with child. As a practicing Catholic, she thinks no one knows when life begins! Evidently, this is also above her pay grade. It is certainly not above the Catholic Church’s pay grade and the moral and rational capacity of most Americans. She said, "I have a sort of serenity" about receiving Communion and said she hoped U.S. bishops would not use the refusal of Holy Communion as a way of punishing Catholic politicians. She also said, "Think of that word Communion, that which brings us all together as Christians, as Catholics." These so-called Catholic politicians have a lot to learn. I do not think Pelosi even believes in the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist. U.S. bishops should deny (her) Holy Communion since Pelosi and those like her are already not in communion with the Catholic Church and are committing public scandal. Bob Armstrong Wildwood Productivity Editor: It is time for CEOs to earn their money, (to) be responsible for their companies and organizations, the good and the bad. Make them work and show productivity. There are people starving and have no roof over their heads, and it makes me sick to my stomach to think the money that has been thrown at them (the companies) for failure. Kay Wortman St. Charles