Riddle of Blair Catholic Communion

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The Times
By Ruth Gledhill
There is a hint that pledge may have been broken by Prime Minister



TONY BLAIR’S family priest strongly hinted yesterday that the Prime Minister was breaking his pledge not to take Roman Catholic Holy Communion in Britain.

Father Timothy Russ also said that Mr Blair, an Anglican, “may well” convert to Catholicism. The revelation will increase speculation that Mr Blair is preparing to convert to Roman Catholicism despite a clear denial from Downing Street.

Father Russ is invited regularly by Mr Blair to say Mass in a drawing room at Chequers, the Prime Minister’s weekend retreat. A table is used as an altar.

The services are attended by the Prime Minister, his family and house guests. Mr Blair used to attend Father Russ’s parish church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the nearby village, but for security reasons rarely does so now.

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1. Blaire can't take Catholic communion till he goes through RCIA

Roman Catholic Initiation for Adults. He might get expedited but he couldn't take communion until Easter

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2. Poodle more likely to convert to Islam if he thought if would win him

another election...........

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3. I think it would be tough being liberal and Anglican in Britian.

It's a dying religion -- the number of people going to church dwindles year over year. It's the state sponsored religion, which any thinking person has got to resist on an intellectual level, as well as a spiritual level. And it seems mostly to exist as fuck you to Catholics.

For something so few people believe in it sure is the source of a lot of trouble. If a person in the UK had a great deal of faith and also had liberal tendencies, I can see how that would cause a crisis of consciousness for you if you were an Anglican. I'd respect Blair for converting to Catholicism.

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4. Duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=906325