As reported by SkyNews, former Britsh Prime Minister Tony Blair has made his conversion to Roman Catholicism official:
He said: “For a long time he has been a regular worshipper at Mass with his family and in recent months he has been following a programme of formation to prepare for his reception into full communion.”
The move comes after years of speculation that Mr Blair, whose wife Cherie and four children are Catholic, would convert from Anglicanism after he resigned from Number 10 in June.
A brave move in a country where connotations of Catholicism are tantamount to political suicide, not to mention an electorate that takes faith seriously and would have immediately questioned Blair’s former positions on a variety of issues to be dichotic with his new-found faith.
The story is worth reading… because Blair would have to renounce some major positions on abortion and contraception he formerly held in order to become Catholic, as the article explores and affirms.
Congratulations, Mr. Blair.