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Catholics comprise 31% of new US Congress

Posted By: January 03, 2017

Catholic World News  Monday, January 3, 2017Catholics account for 31% of the members of the new US Congress, the Pew Forum reports.The percentage of Catholics in Congress has grown dramatically in the past 55 years: from 19% to 31%. Catholics make up 27% of the Republican majority in Congress, and 37% of the Democratic minority.While the American population […]

Faith on the Hill

Posted By: January 03, 2017

Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life. Tuesday, January 3, 2017The religious composition of the 115th Congress(Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)By Aleksandra SandstromThe share of U.S. adults who describe themselves as Christians has been declining for decades, but the U.S. Congress is about as Christian today as it was in the early 1960s, according to a […]

State papers suggest Ian Paisley was more moderate than it seemed

Posted By: January 03, 2017

Irish Examiner. Cork. Tuesday, January 03, 2017Outwardly, Ian Paisley was vehemently against the Anglo-Irish Agreement, but state papers hint at a different attitude behind the scenes writes Ryle DwyerIan Paisley during elections in 1986 at the height of his “Ulster Says No” campaign. Picture: Pacemaker BelfastIan Paisley seemed to lead the vocal campaign against the Anglo-Irish Agreement in […]

Burntollet attack on civil rights activists remembered

Posted By: January 03, 2017

“The Belfast-to-Derry  Civil Rights march of  1969 was modeled on the Selma-to-Montgomery march of 1965. The Belfast-to-Derry March was savagely attacked at Burntollet by Protestant/Unionist/Loyalist mobs, which were enabled by the sectarian and viciously anti-Catholic security forces of the RUC and the B Specials. Burntollet has become an enduring symbol of the Irish struggle for […]

FLANNERY-GALVIN SPLIT OVER SINN FEIN RECOGNIZING DAIL

Posted By: January 02, 2017

President Reagan’s bowl of shamrock and the 1,500-year wake Ryle Dwyer looks back 30 years to Garret Fitzgerald’s St Patrick’s Day State visit to the White House, and its impact on the Northern peace process Ryle Dwyer. Irish Examiner. Monday, January 02, 2017 When Irish ambassador John J Hearne sent a small box of shamrock to the White House for US president […]

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