CNI PRESS WATCH – A Catholic farewell: A funeral in Northern Ireland recalls religion’s power to divide and unite

With statesmen like Bill Clinton looking on, ancient supplications for the dead were offered on March 23rd over the coffin of Martin McGuinness, the Northern Irish paramilitary turned politician. In the annals of a city with a rich and chequered religious history, this was a most unusual Catholic funeral, The Economist comments. Click here – CNI -PRESS Marchn26.1