Blair meets Pope, stokes conversion speculation :: Reuters
"Vatican City, June 23: British Prime Minister Tony Blair held private talks with Pope Benedict on Saturday, stoking speculation he might convert to Catholicism after he steps down next week.
Blair's gift to the Pope were original photographs of John Henry Newman, a 19th century Anglican leader who was one of Britain's most illustrious converts to Catholicism.
Blair, on the final leg of his farewell world tour, spoke privately with the Pope for 25 minutes in the pontiff's study and the talks were then enlarged to include Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, head of England's Roman Catholics. "
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