Margaret Thatcher in St. Peter's Square May 27. (Reuters/Alessia Pierdomenico)
Posted on 05/27/2009 1:20:05 PM PDT by NYer
Margaret Thatcher met Pope Benedict XVI at the end of his weekly general audience today.
The 83-year-old former British prime minister, who led the country from 1979 to 1990, had earlier in the day laid flowers at the tomb of John Paul II.
An Anglican, it was Baroness Thatcher’s second visit to the Vatican in less than two years, leading some to speculate whether she is thinking of joining the Church. During her previous trip, she also visited John Paul II’s tomb to pay her respects. According to those who were with her at that time, she made it clear in her characteristically loud voice that it was thanks to John Paul that Soviet communism was brought down.
Baroness Thatcher also met Paul VI back in June 1977.
Also at the end of today’s audience, the Pope met, among others, NATO secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, students from Cuba, and ministers of justice from various countries visiting Rome for a Sant’Egidio conference on banning the death penalty.
Ping!
Lady Thatcher can cross the Tiber and Blair can go back in the opposite direction.
I’ve heard that Thatcher is “pro-choice.”
Margaret Thatcher is Methodist, not Anglican.
However she also went on to say that "Abortion only applies to the very, very early days, but the idea that it should be used as a method of birth control I find totally abhorrent." Source
She was brought up a Methodist and was married at Wesley's chapel in London but later moved towards Anglicanism. Whether she has now moved further and accepted Catholic teaching, I don't know.
Can you provide a source for Margaret Thatcher being Anglican? I have never read that other than this article on this thread. The Independent, says she is Methodist as does any bio I have ever read of her..
Wow! Compare that statement to those of Gorby's American sycophants. Thatcher exhibits not only honesty, but humility, and thus true greatness.
The link I provided in post #6.
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