WINNING READERS AND EARNING A LIVING OUT OF BLAMING PEOPLE (Letter to Dom Post, June 27)

‘If the entire population of Ireland abandoned Catholicism,’ asks Karl du Fresne (No prizes and no need for Google, June 27), ‘could anyone blame them?’ Certainly no true Catholic or Christian would: their response would be one of compassion, not blame. But it’s natural, and much easier, to blame people. That’s one of the reasons Catholicism is so disliked and misunderstood by many, especially journalists like du Fresne, who wins readers and earns a living from blaming people.