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Fiery fundamentalist anti-Catholic preacher Ian Paisley has softened in recent years. He said some time ago that he \u2018loves Catholics.\u2019 He has compromised to share power with his former enemies in Northern Ireland and here <\/a>he says that he preaches about St Patrick every year and thinks St Patrick\u2019s Day would be a good public holiday for all of Ireland.<\/p>\n

Paisley was good friends with the late Bob Jones Jr. and used to preach at BJU every year when I was there. He was a strong character, an excellent preacher and a man of integrity despite the error of his theology and inflammatory political views.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s good to see that he is softening his opinion about Catholics.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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