Madam,

As a student here, I am confused why a Catholic church in Aberystwyth has been closed, and a diocese already in debt has paid over half a million pounds to buy a house and rebuild a church outside town, which Catholics without cars can’t get to.

It seems that one minibus service with 17 seats is to cater for 8,000 students and other Catholics to get to the new church. Would it not make much more sense for the bishop to spend the money on the solid St Winefride’s church in town, which students and other Catholics can easily get to on a Sunday?

The Pope is calling on the church to be accessible to all, but by having a church which can’t be reached on public transport does not answer this call.

It seems that at the moment Catholics in Aberystwyth do not have much reason for rejoicing.

Yours etc,

Chris Bevan, Portland Street, Aberystwyth.

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