Pope John Paul II Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Ian Paisley === In 1988, when John Paul II was delivering a speech to the European Parliament, [[Ian Paisley]], the leader of the [[Democratic Unionist Party]] and [[Moderator of the General Assembly]] of the [[Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster]], shouted "I denounce you as the [[Antichrist]]!"<ref name="Paisley makes point">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-29179048 |title=Ian Paisley dies: How Paisley made his point |location=Belfast |publisher=[[BBC Northern Ireland]] |date=1988 |access-date=12 September 2014 }}</ref><ref name=LATimes>{{cite news |title=Ian Paisley and politics of peace|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/24/opinion/la-ed-paisley24-2010mar24 |access-date=16 February 2012 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=24 March 2010}} from 1:45 m into video</ref> He held up a red banner reading "Pope John Paul II ANTICHRIST". [[Otto von Habsburg]] (the last [[Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary]]), a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for Germany, snatched Paisley's banner, tore it up, and along with other MEPs helped eject him from the chamber.<ref name="Paisley makes point" /><ref name="BBCIreland" /><ref name="Paisley" /><ref name="NYT5" /><ref name="Cloud" /> The pope continued with his address after Paisley had been ejected.<ref name="BBCIreland" /><ref name="MacDonald" /><ref name="Angelique" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page