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The Catholicism emerged at Harvard as well. "It was very much an intellectual decision that was motivated by faith," says Wasinger who says his Protestant parents "respect my decision."
A group of prominent Catholic and evangelical Protestant leaders has pledged to reduce theological infighting, stop aggressively proselytizing each other's followers and cooperate on politically potent matters where their views converge, such as opposition to abortion.
But the unexploded shells did shatter a fragile optimism in Britain and Ireland that serious negotiations to settle the 25-year conflict in Northern Ireland were about to begin. Major players in the Roman Catholic-vs.- Protestant struggle had been talking peace since last December, when British Prime Minister John...
The leader of Sinn Fein came early to this dual role. In 1972, as street battles between Catholic Republicans and Protestant Unionists raged in Belfast, Adams was arrested by the British army and interned without charge. "There is nothing like being in an interrogation room to test your commitment," he...
Sinn Fein, the I.R.A. and other Republican organizations constantly bicker over goals and tactics, but when trouble strikes and there are funerals to attend, the intertwining relationships pull everyone together. Adams felt no compunction about attending the funeral of I.R.A. member Thomas Begley, who died last October when the bomb...