Word: catholicism
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What happens when the most Catholic country in Central Europe is told it isn't doing enough about providing abortions? Holy outrage and counter-outrage in the streets of Warsaw and a divisive call for constitutional change.
Ever since the fall of communism in 1989 abortion has been a divisive issue in the predominantly Roman Catholic country. Available freely under communism, abortion was often the only means of birth control. In the early 1990s, a right-wing government introduced one of the toughest abortion laws in Europe...
One drizzly afternoon, Constable Neill Simpson makes his rounds in an armored Land Rover through North Belfast, one of the few districts where it's still too dangerous for routine foot patrols. His first visit is to Jim Potts, a unionist community official. A tall green "peace fence" winds between...
Despite the best cross-community relations in decades and increasing political cooperation, it's still hard to get officers to talk about their own place in this long-divided land. When off duty, says Fitzpatrick, "I don't tell people I work for the police. I tell them I'm...
CONTEXT Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams, leaders of Northern Ireland's most hard-line Protestant and Roman Catholic parties, sat side by side for the first time ever and agreed to forge a joint platform for government.