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calendar   Thursday - December 20, 2007

OH COME ALL YE FAITHFUL TO MIDNIGHT MASS.  BE THERE AT 8pm THOUGH ,SAY POLICE.

OH COME ALL YE FAITHFUL TO MIDNIGHT MASS.  BE THERE AT 8pm THOUGH ,SAY POLICE.

Police should safeguard Midnight Mass

Sir - I find it astonishing that the police have advised Roman Catholic clergy in many areas to hold Midnight Mass at eight in the evening, because of fears of alcohol-related violent crime (report, December 19).

The police have the powers to take action against licensed outlets that sell alcohol to someone who is intoxicated, and to arrest anyone who is drunk and disorderly. Is it the first tacit admission by the police that they have not only lost control of Britain’s streets, but also that they have no intention of trying to reclaim them?

Michael Perris, Brighton, East Sussex

Sir - I wonder if the leaders of other faiths would be happy to rearrange their traditional timetables if services were likely to be disrupted or worshippers were threatened with violence - or would they possibly expect the police to protect them?

John Haythorne, Woking, Surrey

Sir - Instead of taking the easy option of advising churches to hold Midnight Mass at a wholly inappropriate time to avoid disruption by rowdy drunks, the police should do what they are paid to do; be out on the streets to prevent such occurrences, thus ensuring that church-goers can worship in peace.

Bill Hollowell, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Sir - While members of our Armed Forces are giving their lives in countries far away to bring democracy to their populations, our own church-goers are scurrying surreptitiously to their places of worship hoping to arrive and depart safely. Instead of closing churches early, why not close pubs and clubs before it gets dark?

Gerald Fisher, Kettering, Northamptonshire

Sir - Am I really living in a country where Midnight Mass cannot be celebrated at midnight?

Tony Langford, Coventry

dtletters@telegraph.co.uk

I just HAD to post these letters from this morning’s paper.  Ain’t this somethin?  I just guess being a Christian at Christmas isn’t the thing to be if you expect peace at, in or near your church.  Midnight mass at 8pm.  Just doesn’t have a ring to it but hey, the rowdies and yobs and drunks have rights too ya know.
Wonder if the police advice was given with a straight face.  Ya think? Maybe.


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