Word: protestantism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Protestant militants sent their contribution to the peace process in Ireland: a bomb on a Dublin-bound train from Belfast. Two women were injured when it partially exploded as the train stopped at its destination. The outlawed Ulster Volunteer Force claimed responsibility and in a statement warned that "Northern Ireland...
The movement toward peace in Northern Ireland seemed to proceed apace with an historic meeting between Dublin and the Irish Republican Army, but potential troubles from absent players festered elsewhere. In the Irish capital, Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds and Gerry Adams, head of the I.R.A.'s political wing, said...
Cynics who have seen I.R.A. cease-fires come and go will not bet on it -- even if the desire for peace is as strong as it has ever been. Weary of the war and its drain on the exchequer, the British government would welcome the chance to bring its troops...
Northern Ireland maintained an uneasy calm a day after Protestant militants killed a Catholic man. "The killing is not being read as a definitive response to the cease-fire," says TIME Dublin reporter Tony Connelly. "A Catholic has been killed once a week or once every two weeks since a...
Never underestimate the power of sex to rile even such a relatively unflappable body as the Episcopal Church. The influential 2.5 million-member denomination has tolerated more progressive behavior than most Protestant groups; some liberal dioceses have held same-sex marriages and ordained gay clergy. Yet official church doctrine has...