I AGREE with Samuel Richardson (You Say, Tuesday, December 28) on Tony Blair's interpretation of political matters incorporating Christian beliefs.

There are speculations to whether Blair is actually taking communion, a vital constituent of the Roman Catholic faith, which would make him a Roman Catholic.

Timothy Russ, a Roman Catholic priest has even stated in The Times that Blair would have to change his "modus operandi and his way of thinking and working before he could become a Catholic."

Russ was also quoted in The Guardian saying: "He didn't say to me 'can I become a Catholic?' What he said to me was 'can the Prime Minister be a Catholic?''

This places priority in politics over religion.

RUTH SAUNDERS,

Worcester.