I don’t think he’s being disingenous. I think that he truly does love Callista.
The problem is that he’s still married to Jackie, and she is still alive. The argument has never been that Newt is dishonest about it - which is good, the problem is that how can you say that his new marriage is valid while the old one is not?
That’s not even getting into Marianne either, which is a whole different story.
I watch things pretty closely and never heard of this. You KNOW the press would be all over it. Source?
Let me just say that I’ve been reading posts hoping to read the resulsts of the SC primary as that is the title of the thread. I am also a Catholic and I don’t know about your priest, but mine says that we have an all-forgiving G*d. I’m a sinner and ask Him to help me be a better person and Christian daily. I have no reason at all to not believe Newt when he says that he has asked for forgiveness and has repented, he means it.
You asked earlier to prove he had an annulment - here’s an except from an article on “Faith and Family - the Magazine and Blog of Daily Catholic Living”:
“Having been thrice married, one of the larger hurdles for Gingrich was going through the annulment process. Still, even there, Gingrich was impressed with the Church.
“Through that, I experienced the Church judicial structure and how it worked,” he said.
Another hurdle was the Eucharist.
“The biggest part was to fully accept transubstantiation and realize that when the priest says, ‘the Body of Christ,’ that you’re participating in the re-presenting of the Last Supper.”
On March 29, 2009, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Washington, D.C., Gingrich was received into the Church.
“One great emotional moment for me at the Basilica was just before Easter when they receive everyone who is going to join the Church,” said Gingrich. “There were 4,000 people at Mass. I went and stood next to Monsignor Rossi and Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl and saw this sea of humanity, of which I was a tiny part. It was a powerful integrating moment.”
What remains foremost in Gingrich’s mind from the day of his reception is “the sense of joy and receptivity.”
Please do not respond to me - I really don’t want to get in a discussion with you about this. I just wanted to answer your request about Newt’s annulment.
Have a nice day,
SC