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Gingrich Keeps Quiet on Catholic Conversion (received into Church over the past weekend)
US News ^ | March 30, 2009 | Dan Gilgoff

Posted on 03/31/2009 12:01:32 PM PDT by NYer

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich converted to Roman Catholicism over the weekend at St. Joseph's Church in Washington, D.C. So far, Gingrich has been conspicuously quiet about his conversion. He didn't mention it in an interview with me earlier this month that focused on his stepped-up efforts to organize religious conservatives and promote religious liberty issues.

An enthusiastic Twitterer, the former speaker has gone tweetless since Saturday. Best I can tell, Newt's one recent mention of Catholicism was a tweet last Tuesday about President Obama's forthcoming appearance at Notre Dame: "It is sad to see notre dame invite president obama to give the commencement address Since his policies are so anti catholic values."

I checked with his media team, which says that Newt is declining interview requests about his conversion for now but that he may open up later in the year.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: catholic; gingrich; newt; newtgingrich
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To: Professor_Leonide

Are you able to document this?


21 posted on 03/31/2009 12:19:36 PM PDT by Romulus ("Ira enim viri iustitiam Dei non operatur")
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To: NYer

Welcome home, Mr. Gingrich!


22 posted on 03/31/2009 12:20:15 PM PDT by grellis (I am Jill's overwhelming sense of disgust.)
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To: mountainbunny

Religion isn’t (or shouldn’t be, anyway), a public relations opportunity.

This guy usually carried an oversized bible.


23 posted on 03/31/2009 12:20:20 PM PDT by dancusa (Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.)
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To: TexasCajun

Fiction doesn’t become you.

Unless you sit at the right hand of G-d, take care of your own religious life.


24 posted on 03/31/2009 12:20:30 PM PDT by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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To: dancusa

Proves my point perfectly.

Thank you.


25 posted on 03/31/2009 12:21:43 PM PDT by mountainbunny (Dan Quayle: "What a waste it is to lose one's mind")
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To: Romulus

Document what? There have been Jewish converts to the Roman Catholic Church that didn’t happen on Easter for expediency or discretion. It happened with Newt - isn’t that documentation enough for you?

I hope I didn’t misunderstand your question.


26 posted on 03/31/2009 12:21:57 PM PDT by Professor_Leonide (I said to the young man who showed me a photo, "Who can ever be sure what is behind a mask?")
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To: Alberta's Child

I heard it different than you.


27 posted on 03/31/2009 12:24:03 PM PDT by Professor_Leonide (I said to the young man who showed me a photo, "Who can ever be sure what is behind a mask?")
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To: NYer

Perhaps Sarah Palin will see the error of her ways and swim the Tibur too! We can always hope, right?

Sarah Palin, a lovely woman already, would just cause our hearts to burst with gladness if she was seen caressing a rosary... And kneeling in prayer!


28 posted on 03/31/2009 12:25:35 PM PDT by Professor_Leonide (I said to the young man who showed me a photo, "Who can ever be sure what is behind a mask?")
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To: NYer

God bless him :)


29 posted on 03/31/2009 12:27:22 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: NYer
He probably went dark on the subject because a leftist on Twitter ripped him as the "thrice divorced, blah, blah..." However, he tweeted just an hour ago.
30 posted on 03/31/2009 12:28:02 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: NYer

Other converts to our Church include Malcolm Muggeridge, Knute Rockne, Tony Blair, Clare Booth Luce, Bob Hope, Bobby Jindal, Russell Kirk, Tony Snow, and Jane Wyman


31 posted on 03/31/2009 12:28:37 PM PDT by Welcome2thejungle
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To: Professor_Leonide
I saw your post above. Very interesting!

The story I heard was that she was looking to convert almost out of a sense of vindictiveness -- mainly to have her two sons also convert, so they would not be able to serve as King of England (since 1688, British law has forbidden Roman Catholics from serving on the throne).

From what I understood, Mother Teresa convinced her that she would be doing it for the wrong reasons.

32 posted on 03/31/2009 12:29:13 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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To: Welcome2thejungle
Thanks for that info.

And welcome to Free Republic, FRiend!

33 posted on 03/31/2009 12:32:07 PM PDT by mick (Central Banker Capitalism is NOT Free Enterprise)
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To: Welcome2thejungle
Modern-day conservatives can also add Larry Kudlow, Laura Ingraham and Clarence Thomas to that list!

And an interesting one is Dick Morris.

34 posted on 03/31/2009 12:34:11 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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To: NYer

Dick Morris 

Robert Novak 

Robert Bork 

Tony Blair

Tony Snow

And many more

35 posted on 03/31/2009 12:34:24 PM PDT by Coleus (Abortion, Euthanasia & FOCA - - don't Obama and the Democrats just kill ya!)
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To: mick

No problem. I saw a pretty thorough list of prominent Catholic converts on Wikipedia and there are many hundreds more. I just named some of the most familiar.


36 posted on 03/31/2009 12:36:51 PM PDT by Welcome2thejungle
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To: Professor_Leonide
Perhaps Sarah Palin will see the error of her ways

Hmmmmmmmm....

37 posted on 03/31/2009 12:37:29 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Coleus

Didn’t know about Dick Morris. But two other Jewish converts include Lew Lehrman and Larry Kudlow.


38 posted on 03/31/2009 12:39:29 PM PDT by Welcome2thejungle
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To: NYer

“Gingrich has been conspicuously quiet about his conversion.”

So ficking what!!!

Unless he wants to make it public, it’s nobody elses bussiness.


39 posted on 03/31/2009 12:40:15 PM PDT by Gator113 (For America to Survive, Obama Must Fail..... Obama=Failure in Chief with the Audacity of Dope.....)
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To: TexasCajun

Who? ..some old washed up has-been global warming believing ex-conservartive Speaker, currently a Sean Hannity Butt-Boy!
>>>

what does his conversion have to do with his job? Oh, and you forgot to mention that Newty is pro-life.


40 posted on 03/31/2009 12:41:19 PM PDT by Coleus (Abortion, Euthanasia & FOCA - - don't Obama and the Democrats just kill ya!)
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