[topcat54]

One need not be baptized or join a church to be a Christian, so my conclusion was based on what he said.

Then I take it he was not converted to Catholicism. :-)

But I admit we don't have all the facts. The article was very vague about this conversion experience.

[Rosary]

I would THINK..coming from a Catholic Newspaper...he converted to Catholism...the kind Mel Gibson is . after all the word was the actor had the Latin Mass everyday during filming !!! so the guy who played Barabas...must have seen the WAY !

[annalex]

"Conversion" has two meanings. One is change of religion or denomination, e.g a Baptist becoming Catholic. The other is a change of the heart, multiple times described in the Gospel. It is a turn ("conversio" means turning) away from sin and toward Christ, sometimes instantaneous or rapid, sometimes very gradual. Such spiritual conversion may happen, and in fact should happen, to someone already baptized and churched. Ideally, a Christian is in a state of perpetual conversion as long as he lives.

[Deb]

Maybe he was converted to James Caviezelism.