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Gingrich discusses conversion to Catholicism

April 27, 2011

Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House of Representatives and potential presidential candidate, discusses his 2009 conversion to Catholicism in a National Catholic Register essay.

 

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  • Posted by: AgnesDay - Apr. 27, 2011 8:27 PM ET USA

    A rather superficial article with astonishing vitriol in the commentary. I invite my brother Newt to some years of retreat and silence to contemplate the miracle of his conversion and delve ever deeper into it.

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