Former British PM Blair converts to Catholicism
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, now the Middle East peace envoy, has converted from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism, the head of Britain's Catholics said on Saturday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair was holding showdown talks with Northern Ireland's biggest Catholic party to insist its paramilitary wing, blamed for a massive bank raid last month, end criminal activities.
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Tony Blair has arrived at Liverpool Cathedral for a memorial service for murdered hostage Kenneth Bigley. The prime minister had made a number of telephone calls to the family of the civil engineer during the 62-year-old&#39;s captivity in Iraq.
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Outgoing PM will travel to the Vatican to meet the Pope in preparation for his conversion.
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Catholics have overtaken Anglicans in church attendance in Britain, according to research published on Sunday.
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LONDON, June 27--Prime Minister Tony Blair resigned Wednesday after a decade of guiding Britain through economic prosperity at home and a deeply unpopular war abroad, turning over power to his long-time political partner and rival Gordon Brown.
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LONDON  - A British Conservative member of Parliament made public Saturday his plans to defect to Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour party.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair resigned Wednesday, after a decade in power, handing over power to party rival Gordon Brown who has vowed to impose his own style on Britain.
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Britain&#39;s Prime Minister Tony Blair met Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI in a private audience at the Vatican, heightening speculation that the outgoing premier may convert to Catholicism.
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From camels to Clinton to Kaddafi to Iraq. A constituency leader who helped Tony Blair rise to power revisits the prime minister's early days in politics.
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Britain&#39;s outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie met Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI in a private audience at the Vatican, raising speculation he may convert to Catholicism.
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MUNICH -- Pope Benedict XVI returned to his homeland yesterday in what he described as a joyous personal journey, but one that highlights the decline of traditional Roman Catholicism in the heart of Europe.
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Tony Blair has given his ministers unprecedented freedom to pursue their private lives free from moral censure to try to save David Blunkett&#39;s career.
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair took a job as an adviser to JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Thursday, a part-time post that will not affect his role as a Mideast peace envoy, his spokeswoman said.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England : Talks to restore home rule to Northern Ireland ground on as British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Ireland&#39;s Bertie Ahern pushed rival Catholic and Protestant parties toward a lasting peace deal.
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LONDON, June 27 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair resigned Wednesday at Buckingham Palace, turning over power to Gordon Brown, his longtime political partner and rival, after a decade of guiding Britain through economic prosperity at home and a deeply unpopular war abroad.
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Mr. Blair also announced plans to more carefully allocate funding to faith groups, saying grants would no longer be awarded to organizations that do not promote understanding.Comment