21.  Earlier the moderate Catholic party, the Social Democratic and Labor Party, confirmed that senior members Alex Attwood, Joe Byrne and Eddie McGrady would take their seats.

22.  Hendron is a member of the largest Catholic party, the Social Democratic and Labor Party.

23.  Her mother called on candidates from the two main Catholic parties fighting for the Mid-Ulster seat to stand aside.

24.  If that result is confirmed, it would be the first time in history that a Catholic party had topped a vote in Northern Ireland.

25.  In elections last month to British Parliament and town councils, those moderate Protestant and Catholic parties lost support to their harder-line rivals.

26.  John Hume, leader of the main Irish Catholic party, and pro-British leaders David Trimble and the Rev. Ian Paisley attended the talks in suburban east Belfast.

27.  MacDonnell belongs to the Social Democratic and Labor Party, the main Catholic party in the talks.

28.  Mrs. Devlin McAliskey called on candidates from the two main Catholic parties fighting for the Mid-Ulster seat to stand aside.

29.  Tension between the two Catholic parties surfaced when the SDLP accused Sinn Fein activists of using forged medical IDs to cast multiple ballots under false names.

30.  The leader of the main Catholic party in the coalition said over the weekend he will urge Parliament to support a NATO cease-fire.