Blair Catholic?

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The long arm of Rome, Cardinal Newman alert:

Tony Blair is preparing to convert to Roman Catholicism after he steps down as Prime Minister, according to a leading cleric.

His long- awaited formal switch to the faith of his wife and family will come shortly after he surrenders office, it is claimed.

Mr Blair’s decision to formalise his Catholic beliefs was revealed by Father Michael Seed, who is regarded as unofficial chaplain to Westminster and is a regular visitor to Number Ten.  . . . .

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Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

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  1. this kind of reminds me of the headline i heard the other day, which being half asleep i missed that it was a joke. Jim McGreevey (former governor of NJ, now famous for his line at the end of his term: “I am a gay American”) will join the seminary and become a priest. I just couldn’t believe it. Remarked on it to my colleagues with awe and they chuckled at me–it had been a joke. whose joke, i’m not sure. That’ll teach me to listen to the morning news with a dream-addled brain.

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