Considered opinion

Madam, – Three cheers for John Waters (Opinion, September 17th)

Madam, – Three cheers for John Waters (Opinion, September 17th). I, for one, am disgusted at the sneering, uninformed and dishonest journalism that makes Pope Benedict, as your columnist puts it, the “convenient target for all kinds of anti-religious sentiment”.

How refreshing that Mr Waters gives every sign of actually having checked what the pope has written and said, rather than just rehashing distorted media reports. – Yours, etc,

MAEVE REYNOLDS,

Greystones,

Co Wicklow.

Madam, – Regarding John Waters's recent output, I wish to point out that The Irish Timesalready has, in Patsy McGarry, an excellent religious affairs correspondent. Does it really need two? – Yours, etc,

PAT ROONEY,

Clondalkin,

Dublin 22.