LONDON — Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has left the Church of England and converted to Catholicism, the faith of his wife and children.
Blair converted during a Mass on Friday night at the London chapel of Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, the church said.
“I’m very glad to welcome Tony Blair into the Catholic Church,” Murphy-O’Connor said.
The church said Blair had been a regular worshipper at Mass with his family and in recent months had been following a program leading to his reception into the church.
Although he was an Anglican, Blair attended Catholic Masses at Westminster Cathedral, while on holiday in Italy and with his wife, Cherie, at 10 Downing St.
The couple’s children have attended Catholic schools.
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