Sir, - I am surprised though perhaps I should not be considering your past episodes denigrating Cardinal Connell, that you would initiate another controversy involving him. You then proceed to allow your Letters page to be used by every anti-Catholic crank in the country to vent their contempt.
The Cardinal knows he can take comfort from the words of Jesus Christ: "Happy are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you on my account. Rejoice and be glad for your rewards will be great." - Yours, etc.,
Sheila Crowley, Macroom, Co Cork.