20 JANUARY 1967, Page 14

Snt,—As an Anglican, a student of ecumenism, with special reference

to the Roman Catholic Church, an admirer of Evelyn Waugh and an avid reader of SPECTATOR, may I say that having perused Auberon Waugh's 'Christmas Sermon' I begin to wonder if the Anglican Communion is to the Roman, as the younger Waugh is to his father.