In his response to Colleen Carroll Campbell’s August 14 editorial column, William Tortella seemed a bit misleading to me.  What he quotes as ‘truth’ about St. Stanislaus Parish is as slanted as he accuses Ms. Campbell’s comments to be.  
 
Churches were closed after…

In her letter of August 19, 2008, Beth Cioffoletti wishes that Archbishop Burke “were as vocal on Catholic opposition to capital punishment as he has been on its opposition to abortion.”  Ms. Cioffoletti further laments that “some of our five…

How many more front-page articles can you do about Archbishop Burke and the Catholic Church?  This man says his final mass in St. Louis, and you choose it for your front page story, with a photograph.  I’m sure when Archbishop…

Colleen Carroll Campbell’s column about Archbishop Raymond Burke was interesting, but when she referred to his proclamation that pro-choice Catholics should be denied the sacrament of Holy Communion, she conveniently forgot a few items of interest.

Archbishop Burke’s proclamation was not…

Colleen Carroll Campbell may think that Archbishop Burke is a wonderful example of a pastor, but in all my years as a Catholic, I have never experienced a more rigid, authoritarian, law-driven leader. The Pharisees knew all about laws, but…

I guess Catholics have a different concept of what constitutes pastoral care than my Protestant experience suggests. Surely pastoral care means much more than  denying communion to people who disagree with church dogma about abortion.

James E  Elliott

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In Colleen Carroll Campbell’s column on Aug. 14 she speaks in glowing terms of the moral high road Archbishop Burke walked as a true pastor.  I did witness his moral high road but I see no pastor like behaviors in…

What a monumental waste of time. The huge and powerful Archdiocese of St. Louis tried to force its will on a little Northside church that has been autonomous for well over a century. This little entity had millions of dollars…

In Ms. Ratcliffe’s article on the St. Stan’s controversy, did I read correctly that the COURTS will drive a reconciliation and not the Church?

That the St. Louis Archdiocese under Burke failed so miserably in it’s handling of the St. Stan’s…

As a member of the parish, I also pray for a fair resolution, However, I am deeply concerned that the proposed compromise will mean Father Mark Bozek (Father) would be removed as pastor.   Father is St Stanislaus and has brought life…