April 14, 2023

Letters to the Editor

Submit a letter to the editor electronically | For our letter writing policy, click here

 
No letters were printed this week; here is the letter from three weeks ago:

Reader: Editorial on Pope Francis reminds us we must help, love and forgive others

Thank you to Daniel Conway for his editorial, “After 10 years, what do we know about Pope Francis?” in the March 10 issue of The Criterion.

As the editorial pointed out, Pope Francis described himself as both a sinner and “a man of the Church.”

I smiled as Conway mentioned the Holy Father noting that we all need to “get off our comfortable couches” and help with the Church in its role as a “field hospital,” caring for the wounded in body, mind and spirit. All I could think of in response was the amount of time we all spend on social media giving opinions on minutia and posting selfies.

As I understand the various judgment scenes described by Jesus in the Bible, selfies, followers, entertainment news, sports statistics and many other things are never mentioned as qualifiers for those who seek entrance into heaven; only whether a person helped, loved and forgave others. To do so to them, Jesus said, is like doing it to him.

Thank you, Mr. Conway, for the editorial. Thank you, Pope Francis. And God bless you as you continue to lead us in the right direction.

- Sonny Shanks | Corydon

Local site Links: