It’s official: Tony Blair is Catholic
December 22, 2007
On Friday, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was received into full c
ommunion with the Catholic Church by Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor. Welcome home, brother!
BBC – Tony Blair Joins Catholic Church
Times Online – Tony Blair Converts to Catholicism
Telegraph – Tony Blair Converts to Catholicism
Reuters – Blair Converts to Catholicism
Sky News – Blair Converts to Catholicism
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Why should we want him?
(And let’s hope that the Cardinal and the Pope made him do HEAVY penance for his career as a war criminal and a liar to his people!)
That was fast! He must have been in an advanced RCIA program.
i don’t believe baptized Christians, especially those who are already ‘close’ to the Catholic faith (meaning they are from a similar tradition and do not need the normal year or more of instruction), can be received into the Church outside the RCIA program. I wish this had been how I’d been received.
that should read “I believe baptized Christians can be received into . . .)
Welcome, Tony!