Peace process in North must work, says Pope

THE world needs the Northern Ireland peace process to work to show that Christians can co-exist together, Pope Benedict said yesterday.

The Pontiff made his comments during a 35-minute meeting with President Mary McAleese in the Vatican.

As Monday’s deadline for power-sharing looms, the British and Irish governments hope Rev Ian Paisley will lead his Democratic Unionist Party into Belfast’s Stormont Assembly with Sinn Féin.