Curtin has no place as reader in Church

I write, in response to your articles on the controversy created by Social Democrat politician, Ken Curtin, and his position as Minister of the Word. 

Within the Catholic Church, there is a ban on clergy becoming involved in party-political activities. This is because such activity would be likely to be divisive within the community. A major role of clergy is to proclaim the ‘Word of God’ and explain its implications for ‘the common good’, by, for example, expounding Church teaching on social and ethical matters.

Ministers of the Word, like Eucharist Ministers, are in a somewhat similar situation, and should not be a source of disunity, as they administer the sacrament.