Church leaders urge restraint as more than 140 people from Protestant backgrounds appeal for an end to the dispute The Archbishop of Armagh, The Most Reverend John McDowell, and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, The Most Reverend Eamon Martin, have called for restraint, prayer and reconciliation as the stand-off over an Orange Order parade at Drumcree continues. The Archbishops issued a joint statement after about 1,000 protesters gathered on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown. They affirmed the importance of the rule of law and peaceful democratic processes, and called for the ‘urgent creation of a constructive, inclusive, and reconciling initiative’ to resolve the dispute. They said that they were willing to do what was asked of them ‘on the way of peace’. A subsequent statement urged clergy and congregations to use the Prayer of St Francis in services and private devotions. The dispute centres on a determination by the Parades Commission permitting...