Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux
Jonny Clark, program manager for public theology at Corrmeela, an organisation that has worked for decades toward reconciliation in Northern Ireland, visits the peace walls in west Belfast, Northern Ireland, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. Twenty-five years ago, the Good Friday Agreement halted much of the violence of Northern Ireland’s Troubles. Today, grassroots faith leaders are trying to build on that opportunity. They're working toward reconciliation in a land where religion was often part of the problem. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
By PETER SMITH
Associated Press
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Teenagers from Catholic and Protestant youth groups lit candles on a Belfast street in memory of those who perished in the Holocaust, then listened solemnly to a warning about the dangers of Northern Ireland’s own infamous religious bigotries....
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