Anglican to Catholic: An American Perspective
Posted by Tim Drake
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 1:06 PM
With the news about the Vatican’s change for Anglicans desiring to come into the Church, I decided to ask the perspective of an American who has taken that journey.
Father Douglas Grandon, pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Moline, Ill., is a former Anglican pastor who is married and has children. He came into the Catholic Church in June 2003 and was ordained a Catholic priest in May... READ MORE
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Episcopal Nuns Join the Catholic Church
Posted by Tim Drake
Friday, September 11, 2009 5:10 AM
In a move described by religious scholars as unprecedented, 10 members of the Episcopal religious community All Saints Sisters of the Poor were received into the Catholic Church by Baltimore Archbishop Edwin O’Brien on Sept. 3. The community’s chaplain, Rev. Warren Tanghe, also converted with the nuns.
Members of the order had been considering conversion for seven years. “We were drifting... READ MORE
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Newt Gingrich Speaks to the Register About His Conversion
Posted by Tim Drake
Wednesday, September 09, 2009 4:27 AM
Former Congressman and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich was received into the Catholic Church on March 30, 2009, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Washington. Yesterday I spoke with him about his decision to convert from being Baptist to Catholic.
Here’s part of what he had to say. To read the entire interview, you’ll have to obtain the print edition of the Register.
How does a Baptist... READ MORE
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Why Newt Gingrich Became Catholic
Posted by Tim Drake
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:09 AM
Newt Gingrich listens to Pope Benedict XVI at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. (Tim Drake)
When I saw Newt Gingrich in the audience at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington during Pope Benedict XVI’s U.S. visit, I asked myself, “Newt isn’t Catholic is he? Is he here because he’s interested in what the Pope has to say, or is he considering coming into the Church?” I discreetly snapped a photo.
My question was answered earlier this year, when it... READ MORE
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Easter Converts Speak
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, April 24, 2009 1:33 PM
This video was produced by NET TV, a new faith-centered cable TV network based in New York City.
It features an Easter Sunday discussion with a couple of this year’s Easter converts to Catholicism, Daniel Robinson and Linda Hoff, speaking about their journey into the Church with Elizabeth Scalia of the Anchoress blog, Grant Gallicho, associate editor for Commonweal magazine, and Gary Arkin, a... READ MORE
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A Regensburg Convert
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, December 03, 2008 10:07 AM
Muslims in Kashmir protest Regensburg speech. (CNS/Reuters)
Here’s more evidence that Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks about Islam in 2006 at Regensburg, Bavaria, were the exact opposite of a “mistake.”
Magdi Cristiano Allam, the Italian-Egyptian journalist who was baptized by the Pope last Easter, recently explained publicly that the Regensburg speech was directly linked to his conversion.
He said that Benedict’s emphasis on the integration of... READ MORE
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