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Paisley’s church targets priests<\/a><\/p>\n

The North\u2019s Free Presbyterian church has announced plans to send letters and CDs to 3,000 Catholic priests in Ireland in an effort to convert them.<\/p>\n

DUP leader Ian Paisley, who founded the church, believes Catholicism is idolatry, that the mass is blasphemy and that the Pope is the anti-Christ. <\/p>\n

Speaking about the campaign to convert priests, the chairman of the Free Presbyterians, Rev David McIlveen, said he had never met a priest he would describe as Christian<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paisley’s church targets priests The North\u2019s Free Presbyterian church has announced plans to send letters and CDs to 3,000 Catholic priests in Ireland in an effort to convert them. DUP leader Ian Paisley, who founded the church, believes Catholicism is idolatry, that the mass is blasphemy and that the Pope is the anti-Christ. 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