WITH reference to reports that the Church of England’s biggest investment fund had grown to £500 million, might I suggest that the financial advisers in charge of the church’s remit take over the running of the country’s economy, namely the Bank of England?

Many religious orders, along with their monolith of power and riches, are more in keeping with Joseph and his Technicolor Dream Coat, than preaching to the poor, in sackcloth and ashes as their equal.

Having been baptised and confirmed Church of England during my childhood, I seek no pleasure in questioning the ethics instilled in me by parents and church alike that, “The meek shall inherit the earth.”

However, over the years and throughout history, religion and politics are inseparable, which has spawned many a conflict and brought with it misery and despair instead of faith, hope and charity amongst nations.

Kenneth Bowker, Usher Walk, Huntington, York.