1 posted on
05/21/2009 8:29:46 AM PDT by
NYer
To: Salvation; narses; SMEDLEYBUTLER; redhead; Notwithstanding; nickcarraway; Romulus; ...
The moment that finally convinced me [to convert] was when Benedict XVI came here [to the United States] and Callista in the church choir sang for him at the vespers service and all the bishops in the country were there. As a spouse, I got to sit in the upper church and I very briefly saw [Benedict] and I was just struck with how happy he was and how fundamentally different he was from the news media's portrait of him. This guy's not a Rottweiler. He's a very loving, engaged, happy person. Ping!
2 posted on
05/21/2009 8:30:55 AM PDT by
NYer
("Run from places of sin as from a plague." - St. John Climacus)
To: NYer
It’s clear that both this Pope and his predecessor have been a significant factor in Newt’s conversion.
3 posted on
05/21/2009 8:34:13 AM PDT by
marshmallow
("A country which kills its own children has no future" -Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
To: NYer
Nice article. Good for Newt.
Welcome home, Mr. Speaker.
6 posted on
05/21/2009 8:43:43 AM PDT by
Antoninus
(Now accepting apologies from repentant Mittens.)
To: NYer
What a great day is this, the Day of Ascension.
On my 50th birthday I did a pilgrimage to Rome and the Holy See. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life, to attend Mass at the Alter of St. Peter was wonderful.
7 posted on
05/21/2009 8:44:27 AM PDT by
Jolla
To: NYer
This is going to make Newt’s next trophy-wife upgrade a bit awkward....
10 posted on
05/21/2009 9:02:23 AM PDT by
steve-b
(Intelligent design is to evolutionary biology what socialism is to free-market economics.)
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