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James Martin, S.J.December 22, 2007
In case you missed it, here’s the latest news about our latest convert, whose desire to become a Roman Catholic has been long rumored on both sides of the Pond. Blair was received into the church by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor on Friday. In the next issue of America, dated Jan. 7, 2008, Austen Ivereigh, a London-based journalist and former advisor to Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor, gives us his perspective on this high-profile conversion. The link is below: " From Thames to Tiber "
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