BBC NEWS | UK | Tony Blair joins Catholic ChurchFormer Prime Minister Tony Blair has left the Anglican Church to become a Roman Catholic. His wife and children are already Catholic and there had been speculation he would convert after leaving office. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, who led the service to welcome Mr Blair, said he was "very glad" to do so. But ex-Tory minister Ann Widdecombe - herself a Catholic convert - said Mr Blair's voting
Catholicism now Britain's "most popular" faith
