It Tolls for Thee

It is interesting to note that Cardinal Roger Mahony prefers historic architecture when it is someone else’s (“Mahony Bid for Bell Hits Sour Note With Some,” July 15). After his callous disregard for the history, meaning and importance of St. Vibiana’s to the Los Angeles community, his egotistical insistence on building a new church that hulks with all the charm of a backward bunker and his repeated disregard for the political and economic plight of his flock, am I to understand he wants a disadvantaged congregation to donate one of the prime artifacts from its church to grace his campanile? What happened? The architect ran over budget and is trying to save what might amount to 1% of the project?

Suzanne Lloyd-Simmons

Los Angeles