i can hear heads exploding this very minute...
Posted on 06/15/2008 6:36:27 AM PDT by kronos77
George W Bush and Pope Benedict XVI have held an intimate meeting in Rome as rumours mounted in Italy that the president may follow in Tony Blair's footsteps and convert to Catholicism.
The two men spoke for half an hour in the 12th century Tower of St John, a private area in the Vatican gardens which is used by the pope for private reflection.
The usual protocol for heads-of-state is a meeting in the pope's library in the Apostolic Palace, but a spokesman for the Vatican said Benedict wanted to reward Mr Bush for the "warmth" of his reception at the White House earlier this year.
The two men have grown increasingly close in the past two years, and Mr Bush was overheard whispering: "What an honour, what an honour, what an honour!" as he ascended the steps to the tower.
After a stroll through the Vatican gardens, the men listened to a recital by the choir of the Sistine Chapel. However, Mr Bush did not, as expected, kneel in prayer before the Grotto of the Madonna of Lourdes. It was thought that he may have prayed with the pope in private. Mr Bush prayed with Benedict in the Oval Office during the Papal visit to the US in April.
Several Italian newspapers cited Vatican sources suggesting that Mr Bush may be prepared to convert. One source told Il Foglio, an authoritative newspaper, that "Anything is possible, especially for a born-again Christian such as Bush."
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Ping!
He was just being nice..jeez..can’t morons from england realize that..
i can hear heads exploding this very minute...
Anything for a story. This is nothing but 100% speculation. They didn’t even bother to quote the old standby “unnamed sources” The best they could come up with was that because Bush is born again “anything is possible”
bttt
Now vermin like that Rev Wright and Jim Baker and Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson can run around calling themselves "Reverend" and don't have to answer to anybody.
At least that crazy Catholic Priest Pflager got his rear end handed to him by his Bishop.
If Luther were alive he would convert right back.
“Anything for a story.”
Says it all.
I thought the Pope already was Catholic????
I believe Bush is currently a Methodist and based on the abject liberalism on display at my sister-in-law’s Methodist Church, I can very well see him converting to the Church of Rome. No doubt the radical leftism of the present day Church of England was what prompted Tony Blair’s conversion.
Jeb converted to Catholicism. So.......
If one converts to roman catholicism and in a moderate amount of time coverts to another club.. Did anything really happen at all?.. OR Can you be a member of multiple clubs at the same time?.. OR Can you be a roman catholic and an apostate at the same time?.. OR... {snip}..
George W Bush meets Pope amid claims he might convert to Catholicism
Jeb’s wife is Catholic. Laura Bush is not.
But the UMC is such a liberal morla relativist snakepit, no surpise if GWB joins those of us who have bailed out seeking a Church led by a man with a true moral compass. Like Pope Benedict.
Jeb’s wife is Catholic. Laura Bush is not.
But the UMC is such a liberal moral relativist snakepit, no surpise if GWB joins those of us who have bailed out seeking a Church led by a man with a true moral compass. Like Pope Benedict.
lol..ok I stand corrected..morons from anywhere can’t see that Bush was being polite to the pontiff..He is NOT going to convert to catholicism..
JEB converted because of his wife, who being Latino, was most likely of that faith. President Bush and his immediate family have no reason to convert to Catholicism.
Elmer Gantry would have loved George Bush. So would P.T. Barnum. Ponzi would have bought him lunch. Baron Munchausen would have used him as an aide. Wrong-way Corrigan would have hired him as a co-pilot. The Flat-Earthers have nominated him for King. Mensa uses him as a standing joke. Mississippi Valley State rejected his entrance application. The Kennebunkport municipality won’t let him swim in the kiddie pool. etc. etc. etc.
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