Sir, – A useful idea would be to invite those in the Irish Diaspora who are coming to the Gathering to make a small contribution to a special fund to refinance the maintenance of a resident Irish ambassador to the Holy See. I suspect great numbers of Irish Americans especially, many of them who are practising Catholics, would be delighted to assist Ireland in meeting those financial exigencies that, according to the Tánaiste, were the reason for the discontinuance of the resident envoy to the Vatican. – Yours, etc,
JOHN P McCARTHY, PhD,
Prof Emeritus of History,
Fordham University,
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New York, US.