Word: catholicization
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Specifically, the agreement will lead to the establishment of a British-Irish body to be called the Intergovernmental Conference. It is also intended to lead to "devolution," the transfer of powers from the British government in London to the elected Northern Ireland Assembly, which today is dominated by Protestants and...
FitzGerald and Thatcher faced a formidable array of opposition, ranging from the Irish Republican Army and its political wing, Sinn Fein, to many Protestant political leaders and militants in paramilitary organizations like the Ulster Defense Association. Neither government had any illusion that the agreement would have much impact right away...
Provincial leaders were kept guessing about the summit and its controversial compromise until the last minute. The secrecy surrounding the negotiations only heightened the resentment felt by James Molyneaux, the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, and the Rev. Ian Paisley, the fiery head of the more militant Democratic Unionists...
The Protestants, of course, are only part of the problem. For the Thatcher-FitzGerald compromise to survive at all, it will need to win the support of Northern Ireland's mainstream Catholic nationalists. If Thatcher must satisfy Protestants that no sellout is under way, she must also convince Catholics that...
Wearing white chasubles, a grand assemblage of Roman Catholic bishops will file through St. Peter's Square and into the basilica next Sunday to con-celebrate a Mass with Pope John Paul II. The stately ritual will mark the beginning of a two-week world synod of bishops, summoned by...