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| Britain |
| Tony Blair to convert to Catholicism |
| 2007-06-23 |
| BritainÂ’s 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. BlairÂ’s 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 BlairÂ’s 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 |
| #11 Blair? Yeah, we'll take em. Bush? NO! Knights of Columbus will blackball him in a secret ceremony. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-06-23 16:27 |
| #10 Democrat prayer: From each according to his means, to each according to his needs. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-06-23 15:47 |
| #9 Why, mrp, if your a Democrat it's either goddess worship or Islam, of course! |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2007-06-23 14:34 |
| #8 I would rather read the collected works of Rosie O'Donnell than speculate on the religous preferences of elected politicians. |
| Posted by: mrp 2007-06-23 13:22 |
| #7 Yes. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-06-23 12:34 |
| #6 Wasn't Nixon a Quaker? |
| Posted by: John Frum 2007-06-23 12:32 |
| #5 Maybe Bush will become a Quaker. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-06-23 11:40 |
| #4 You're right Mac. It's his business and nobody else's |
| Posted by: Cheddarhead 2007-06-23 11:31 |
| #3 Who is Tony Blair? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-06-23 07:31 |
| #2 He will love the confessions. Admit some depraved conduct, have a priest say, "Absolum, absolum," and then go back to the depravity. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-06-23 04:21 |
| #1 Yeah, so what? Who cares? The Church of England is moribund and, if not state-supported, would have disappeared quite some time ago. It's Tony's personal choice and once he's a private citizen, no one else's business. |
| Posted by: Mac 2007-06-23 01:51 |