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Black Catholics have played a significant role throughout the history of the church, dating to when a young man named Simon of Cyrene, who was of African descent, helped Jesus carry his cross to Calvary.

Thank you (The Catholic Commentator) for your recent articles devoted to COVID-19 and the various strategies put in place to arrest the continued spread of this dangerous virus.

Father (John) Carville in his editorial on the COVID-19 vaccine and mask refusal, would have us reject the primacy of individual conscience during the pandemic given the principle of proportionality.

Perhaps at no other in time in history has a jab in the arm polarized a nation. Vax or not to vax? 

On behalf of St. John the Evangelist Church in Prairieville, I would like to thank you for The Catholic Commentator article on our July 17-18 clothing drive for the St. Vincent de Paul Society. 

Abolishing capital punishment, which continues to be a moral wart on the American soul, appears to be gaining momentum on a national level, even in some places that might be considered surprising. 

The verdict is in; justice has prevailed. Now is the time for healing.

In his Dec. 4 column, Father Carville pointed out proudly that the majority of the justices in the Supreme Court are now Catholic. Let us not forget why this is...

And so it ends. A year that brought unprecedented death, despair and destruction finally gasped its last breath only (depending on when you reading this) hours ago.

Today, more than ever, we need inspiring stories about women and men, young and old, who have lived out heroic virtue. Without such ideals to emulate, we too quickly identify moral virtue with human grace and deprive ourselves of higher spiritual ideals.

If resolutions were wishes, resolution number one for nearly everyone would probably be, “May I never see another year like 2020.” 

Does living a commitment to justice as a part of our Catholic faith make our lives more difficult? Yes, definitely. That’s part of the way we know our theology means something.

The American public seems to be losing its fear of “popery” influencing the president of the United States. When Al Smith ran for president in 1928 that was the cry of the opposition, and it worked.