[LadyDoc]

so it was okay to divorce wife one, who he married as a kid and divorced later (when she was not dying of cancer).

But what about wife number two, who he also divorced when he started an affair with what turns out to be wife number three?

And how did he manage to become Catholic? Wasn’t he a baptized Baptist at the time of marriage one and two? (there are ways that an annulment for wife one could be justified on grounds of immaturity, but wife two?).

[CutePuppy]

so it was okay to divorce wife one, who he married as a kid and divorced later (when she was not dying of cancer).

The myth about Newt "suddenly and unexpectedly" serving divorce papers to his first wife, Jackie Battley, who was supposedly "on her deathbed, dying of cancer" was created by sniveling liberal writer David Corn (of Mother Jones and other neo-communist publications), who was obsessed with derailing Newt's agenda when he became Speaker, the way most liberals were obsessed with Richard Nixon. He looks at everything through the prism of Newt, even when the story has nothing to do with him.

David Corn

The story of "Newt's wife dying of cancer and served divorce papers on her deathbed" has been debunked long time ago, but has been repeated ad nauseam nonetheless, by liberals and the Republicans who saw Newt as a political competitor or didn't like his agenda, politics, or him personally. Demonizing opponents (particularly ideological conservatives) through the media is a calling and a tried and true modus operandi of political operatives. After bouncing in the media ether for a while, a myth or a perception becomes "reality." When both liberals and conservatives join forces in bashing a person or an industry (especially for factually incorrect or untrue "associative" reasons), it's a sight to behold.

But what about wife number two, who he also divorced when he started an affair with what turns out to be wife number three?

Newt was legally separated from his second wife, Marianne Ginther, before he became a Speaker. He spent most of his time in DC, while she stayed back home, and she sniped that she would do everything to stop him from becoming President. During this legal separation, and expecting eventual and quick divorce, he fell in love with and dated Callista Bisek. Divorce process was ugly and long, especially considering Newt was quite busy as a Speaker from 1995 through 1999, through Contract with America and Clinton's impeachment. In 1999 he resigned from Congress, moved to Virginia and married Callista Bisek in 2000, after divorce from Marianne was finalized.

See a hit piece on Gingrich - with Marianne Ginther - on the cover story of Esquire, 2010 September issue, by John H. Richardson:
Newt Gingrich: The Indispensable Republican

Marianne Ginther

And how did he manage to become Catholic?

Callista Bisek has been Catholic. Newt converted to Catholicism only recently, in March 2009.

More info here:
Callista Bisek and Newt Gingrich Marriage Profile - By Sheri & Bob Stritof, About.com Guide