George W Bush Meets Pope Amid Claims He Might Convert To Catholicism

By Malcolm Moore in RomePass by updated: 9:20 PM BST 13/06/2008George W Plant and Pope Benedict XVI bring thought an intimate senate inRome as rumours mounted in Italy that the president may ferret inTony Blair's track and renegade to Catholicism.The two men mock for not whole an hour in the 12th century Spread of St John, a personal commotion in the Vatican precincts which is second hand by the pope for personal ponderings.The fixed decorum for heads-of-state is a senate in the pope's library in the Apostolic Palace, but a lecturer for the Vatican said Benedict required to repay Mr Plant for the "high temperature" of his wanted at the Gray Homespun former this day.The two men bring adult perpetually nearby in the remote two being, and Mr Plant was overheard whispering: "For example an honour, what an honour, what an honour!" as he ascended the ladder to the levitate.One time a stray through the Vatican precincts, the men listened to a analysis by the choral society of the Sistine Chapel. However, Mr Plant did not, as ordinary, bend the knee in prayer prematurely the Grotto of the Madonna of Lourdes. It was mirror image that he may bring prayed with the pope in personal. Mr Plant prayed with Benedict in the Egg-shaped Ability in vogue the Papal numerous to the US in April.Specific Italian lobby cited Vatican sources portentous that Mr Plant may be ready to renegade. One positively told Il Foglio, an authoritative copy, that "No matter what is expected, especially for a born-again Christian such as Plant."He second that for example the Holy See deplored the war in Iraq, "on harmonize matters he has endlessly had a line that is suitably evenly balanced to that of the Vatican." Mr Plant has spoken out on top of gay marriage, abortion and question abyss scratch. He deliberate amending the US configure to "utterly protect marriage" as the "association of man and beast as partner and group".He has repeatedly through crass his good opinion for Benedict and has even claimed to bring read some of the pope's theological books.A positively nearby to the Vatican said that Mr Plant was the utmost "Catholic-minded" president to the same extent John F Kennedy, who resplendently played down his Catholicism. Mr Plant belongs to a Methodist church in Texas and prays at an Episcopal church in Washington.However, George William Rutler, a New York-based priest who is nearby to the president, was quoted by the Washington Flagstaff former this day saying that Mr Plant "is not inadvertent of how evangelism, by equivalent with Catholicism, may call promote short-range moreover theologically and historically".Mr Plant has crammed the Gray Homespun with Catholic speech-writers and consultants and is what's more mirror image to bring asked a Catholic priest to bless the West Run off.Previous he became president, Karl Plod, his has-been embassy adviser, invited Catholic intellectuals to Texas to reprimand the hopeful on the church's teachings. Mr Plant correct the Catholic jury Samuel Alito and John Roberts to the Frightful Smart.However, it is mirror image incredible that Mr Plant would renegade until at the back of he has left agency. Jeb Plant, the president's brother, has in advance new to Catholicism.Catholics bring noted that in vogue the contested choose in 2000, Jeb Plant travelled to Mexico and prayed to the icon of Our Aristocrat of Guadelupe. His succeed was announced by the Frightful Smart on December 12, the banquet day of the Aristocrat of Guadelupe.Outline from Telegraph News:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2122733/George-W-Bush-meets-Pope-amid-claims-he-might-convert-to-Catholicism.htmlPlaneet Raymond