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In a 1995 encyclical, John Paul II broached the possibility that, in the interests of Christian unity, he or his successors might "find a way of exercising the [papal] primacy which, while in no way renouncing what is essential to its mission, is nonetheless open to a new situation."
Its second paragraph states that the cease-fire means the IRA is "renouncing a terrorist campaign that has included bombings, the killings of two policemen and the disruption of public services in recent months."