Posted on 12/22/2007 7:29:24 AM PST by kellynla
LONDON -- Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has converted to Catholicism, a long-rumored move, British media reported Saturday.
Blair converted during a Mass held on Friday night at a chapel in London, Sky News, the British Broadcasting Corp. and the British news agency Press Association reported, quoting an unidentified spokesman.
There had long been rumors that Blair, a member of the Church of England who stepped down as prime minister earlier this year, planned to convert.
Blair's wife, Cherie, is Roman Catholic, the couple's children have attended Catholic schools and Blair had habitually attended Catholic rather than Anglican services.
ping
i guess the a of c’s speech was the clincher.
Well, his conversion is certainly a good thing, but I hope he has already made a heart-felt examination of what’s truly expected of him. He is not known in Britain for espousing right-to-life principles with regard to the unborn, for starters. If he’s under the impression that a Ted Kennedy-esque brand of “Catholicism” is acceptible to God or the Church as it’s truly constituted, he’ll be in for a rude awakening one day. Still, I pray the best for him, and I hope that his conversion will quickly put him on the road to the full, unadulterated embrace of his newfound faith, which his conscience is undoubtedly seeking even now.
It would be interesting to find out exactly what his RCIA entailed.
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