Tony Blair has converted to Roman Catholicism, the former prime minister's official spokesman confirmed today. (Daily Mail Sunday 23rd December 2007)
The former prime minister's new faith was confirmed last night at a chapel in Westminster. 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.
One of his last acts as prime minister was to visit Pope Benedict in June - his third trip to the Vatican in four years.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams wished the former Prime Minister well in his spiritual journey. He said: "Tony Blair has my prayers and good wishes as he takes this step in his Christian pilgrimage.A great Catholic writer of the last century said that the only reason for moving from one Christian family to another was to deepen one's relationship with God.I pray that this will be the result of Tony Blair's decision in his personal life."
