Yes he did. However, when Saul became Paul, it was accompanied by such statements:
"I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." - Galatians 2:20
"...as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." - Philippians 1:20, 21
There is no doubting the power of conversion. The question being asked HERE is: Is this woman converting to a Savior...or a System that has "God" in it...
If she is converting to a SAVIOR...the halleluiah! If she is seeking a system because she now believes in God...but is not ready to devote her life to a Savior...then she STILL doesn't get it and will still spend eternity separated from God in a place called Hell.
This is true, but remember, if we are to come to Christ we must first believe He exists. For someone coming from a "there is no God" perspective she has already made the hardest leap of faith. She now believes "there is a God"
So the next question she will inevitably ask (if she has not asked it already) is "What does God want from me (or me to do)?"
She'll get there.
The church has plenty of pretenders in it today... its one thing to be welcoming, its another to be naive. Of course maybe there's more to this story but I don't think the Catholic New Agency would edit out a testimony in Christ's name.