Sir, - I wonder if St Padre Pio is revelling in his heavenly home at the resounding condemnation of his "persecution" by the Vatican establishment by your provocative columnist, Vincent Browne (arrogance is not the preserve solely of princes of the Catholic Church).
Perish the thought that Mr Browne should evince any belief whatever in the miraculous nature of the saint's cures, deriding them as magical and freakish. No disrespect intended, indeed! - Yours, etc.,
Mrs D. BOURKE, Lee Road, Cork.