Letters

Many Parallels

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To the Editor:

During a Mass I attended on the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima, the pastor gave a homily which drew parallels between the religious persecution during the time of Our Lady’s appearance in Fatima (1917) and what persons of faith, particularly Catholics, face today in the United States and other parts of the world.

It was refreshing to hear a priest so eloquently and honestly speak about how I and, probably, many other Christians feel as many in political power on both a federal and local level pursue their “progressive agendas.” As a Catholic, I was taught to accept and love all persons regardless of religion, race, etc., but it appears that Catholics are being pressured to abandon or repress their beliefs so as not to “offend others.”

Philip Spinella

Sloatsburg