[johnb838]

"It's a practice that goes back as far as the Book of Genesis, where Abram changed his name to Abraham," said John-Peter Pham, a former Vatican diplomat and papal historian.

"Simon changed his name to Peter, which means rock," he added. "Because Christ said he was the rock on which he would build the Church."

I couldn't really keep reading after this. These men didn't change their names. God changed their names.

What's a John-Peter Pham? Sounds like a liberation-theology anti-catholic.

[A. Goodwin]

What's a John-Peter Pham? Sounds like a liberation-theology anti-catholic.

Or just a Vietnamese guy with Catholic parents?