Okay, so the title of my post was intentionally stick-poking, but Tony Blair has joined the Catholic faith:

“It can be confirmed that Tony Blair has been received into full communion with the Catholic Church by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor,” the head of the church in England and Wales, the church said in a statement.

“I’m very glad to welcome Tony Blair into the Catholic Church,” the statement quoted Murphy-O’Connor as saying.

“For a long time he’s been a regular worshipper at Mass with his family and in recent months he’s been following a program of formation for his reception into full communion. Our prayers are with him, his family and his wife at this joyful moment in their journey of faith together,” Murphy-O’Connor said.

Welcome to the fold, Mr. Blair. It’s very nice to have you.

An interesting stat from the same article:

In England’s last census, 72 percent of people identified themselves as Christian. Many are Anglicans affiliated with the Church of England, which was created by royal proclamation during the 16th century after King Henry VIII — who married six times — broke ties with the Roman Catholic Church in a dispute over divorce.
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The Church of England has said that less than 10 percent of its members are regular churchgoers.

Less than 10 percent?

Why bother identifying yourself as anything if you aren’t even gonna bother heading out to church once a week?

Just sayin’.