Catholic outlook
As for Hugh MacKenzie (Letters, 23 November), whether or not 75 per cent of Catholics approve of same-sex marriage (which I very much doubt), truth does not depend on the result of a public opinion poll. If whales were asked if they were fish or mammals, and 75 per cent thought that they were fish, would that make them so?
Regarding the comment made about being “unable to get enough candidates to train for the priesthood and that good folk are deserting a Church which seems to be living in the Middle Ages”, that may be true here or there, but there are more priests and more Catholics now than there have ever been.
COLIN McALLISTER
South Street
St Andrews, Fife