Sir, – Tommy Graham's suggestion (January 25th) that the Vatican should be fielding a football team sounds plausible, but it is out of place. To quote the prophet Bill Shankly: "Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."
Whereas religion is merely about life and death. – Yours, etc,
GERARD MONTAGUE,
Zaumberg,
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Immenstadt/Allgäu,
Germany.