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- Date: December 21, 2007
- Location: Archbishop's House in Westminster
- Service led by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
- Blair's wife Cherie is Roman CatholicCNN.com: Blair converts to Catholicism (December 22, 2007)
- Blair's children attended Catholic schoolsCNN.com: Blair converts to Catholicism (December 22, 2007)
- Blair left Anglican Church
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Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair converted to Catholicism on Friday, December 21, 2007.
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Background
Tony Blair was received into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church. Service leader Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor said he was "very glad" with Blair's choice to join.Bloomberg.com: Blair Converts to Catholicism From Anglicanism, BBC Reports (December 22, 2007)The conversion was met with come criticism, notably by politician Ann Widdecombe. She claimed Blair had often "gone against [Catholic] church teaching" with his voting while in office.BBC: Tony Blair joins Catholic Church (December 22, 2007)
