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I would like to make a few points in [unclear: reip] to G. Herrington's letter in 2 April edition.

1. The charity of members of the Catholic [unclear: C] of which the desire to improve the livelihood people is but a small part, is visible to any one wants to look for it. Mr Herrington can visit [unclear: mas] of the hospitals, orphanages, homes for old [unclear: people], established in New Zealand by members [unclear: of] the Catholic Church, he can accompany [unclear: mem] of the St Vincent de Paul Society in any [unclear: pari] as they visit the sick and lonely or he can [unclear: examine] the accounts of the Mission-Aid societies [unclear: mas]page 17 in the telephone book. [unclear: at] such charity is not perfact cannot be [unclear: t] but this imperfection in no way [unclear: contra ki] fact that this charity is one of the "[unclear: dut-] Catholic life.

[unclear: tbermore] the responsibility for the [unclear: reporlon] of the Church in Mexico lies prim-[unclear: is] the shoulders of the Mexican bishops [unclear: ii] unfair to blame Catholics anywhere [unclear: evn] the laity in Mexico) for them. Mr [unclear: gton] would take exception to my blaming [unclear: or] the mistakes of the Muldoon government and yet the relative positions are the same.

[unclear: re] reported action of the Priest in Mexico [unclear: RLV] understandable. The Church has many objections to secular education and it [unclear: indt] its Priests to guard the faith of their

[unclear: iaim] that the Church controls the modern [unclear: is] sheer nonsense, since if she does have [unclear: ontrol] how is it that her enemies get such [unclear: ng]?

his quote of Henri Beranger I would pre [unclear: hat] Mr Herrington would have no [unclear: objecect] my "putting him down", since I consider [unclear: ifrction] represented by his views to be as [unclear: ooabk] as the Church's views are to him.

[unclear: ny] of the comments made in this letter [unclear: ply] to the non-Catholic Christain Chur-[unclear: owever] Mr Herrington is entirely correct [unclear: itrating] on the Catholic Church for it in this Church one expects to find per-[unclear: Ilowers] of Christ's teachings.