Holocaust – Madison Catholic Herald Archive (2001-2025)

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” is an old adage many of us have heard. It means that someone can hurt another by physical force, but not by insults.

In the Bible, we find Jesus encouraged his followers to “turn the other cheek.” In the Sermon on the Mount, he urged them to respond to injury without revenge and allowing more injury to occur.

Still, I don’t agree with the “sticks and stones” adage, because words can indeed hurt people. These days, many use words to bully others.

Decide to do what you can to defend unborn babies

To the editor:

Many anniversaries are celebrations for happy events. Not so, January 22, 2014 (the 41st anniversary of the legalization of abortion in the U.S.)! Why not? Because as a friend said, “Not even one abortion per week is acceptable. Not one per month. Not one per year. Not one in our lifetime . . . The dignity of the human person begins at the moment of conception, not at birth.”

Irena Sendler’s father said, “If you see a man drowning, you must save him, even if you cannot swim.” The good news is that 87 abortion clinics were closed in 2013 due to people’s prayers and witness. Thank you, if you participated.

Rabbi to speak on pope and the Holocaust

MADISON — In December 2009, Pope Benedict XVI moved Pope Pius XII a step closer to sainthood. The process had been delayed for 40 years. Pius XII is now declared “venerable,” indicating that he lived a life of extraordinary holiness and heroic virtue.