The IRA is a left-wing terrorist organization and is not supported by the Catholic Church. I don’t remember the Vatican praising the butchering of Lord Mountbatten.
And, please, no more lectures on the wonders of Prince Charles. I have enough problems following American politics. If you want to talk about Queen Elizabeth, I’ll engage.
Certainly the Vatican didn't, but plenty of Catholic Priests in Ireland still did. I know that true Catholicism would never support murder - but all religious beliefs can be corrupted by fallible humans and when you are losing friends because of it, it takes quite a lot to understand the fact that it is a corruption. And, by the way, the Prince would also be the first to admit that the Anglican faith has been perverted in exactly the same way by a different group of terrorists in Ireland.
And, please, no more lectures on the wonders of Prince Charles. I have enough problems following American politics. If you want to talk about Queen Elizabeth, I’ll engage.
This is a thread about the Prince of Wales, in part, and I'm going to respond to that. As for Her Majesty, while I have met her, I do not know her well. I've met her through her sons and have talked to her a few times, but could claim nothing approaching an insight into her.