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Tony Blair to convert to Catholicism
Britains outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair will meet Pope Benedict at the Vatican on Saturday (today) in preparation for his conversion to Blair is due to step down as prime minister next Wednesday, handing over power to finance minister Gordon Brown. Blairs spokesman and a Vatican source have said Blair plans to go to Rome on Saturday. A spokesman for Blair - who is attending a European Union summit in Brussels - declined comment on reports in the Guardian and Daily Telegraph that he intended to convert. The Guardian said the timing of Blairs announcement was uncertain. The announcement of his conversion was not expected to happen in Rome and might be made either before or after Blair leaves office next week, it said. The newspaper quoted informed sources as saying Blair had been prepared for conversion by a Royal Air Force chaplain who had said private mass for the Blair family for the last four years. Posted by: Fred 2007-06-23 |
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