{"id":2717,"date":"2008-03-23T18:51:12","date_gmt":"2008-03-23T23:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2008\/03\/23\/the-pope-and-conversion\/"},"modified":"2008-03-23T18:51:12","modified_gmt":"2008-03-23T23:51:12","slug":"the-pope-and-conversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2008\/03\/the-pope-and-conversion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pope and Conversion"},"content":{"rendered":"

There has been a lot of attention paid to
\nthe Pope’s baptism of Magid Allam the deputy editor of the Corriere
\ndella Sera newspaper who has converted to the Catholic Church.
\n I found this though quite interesting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Undoubtedly the most extraordinary and
\nsignificant encounter in the decision to convert was that with Pope
\nBenedict XVI,” Allam said. He said he admired the pope for his skill
\nin laying out the relationship “between faith and reason as the basis
\nof authentic religion and human civilization.”<\/p>\n

Many news sources have called him a Muslim commentator in his role as
\neditor.  Though by his own account he has never been a
\npracticing Muslim and was educated in Egypt at a Catholic boarding
\nschool and later on attended the La Sapienza University of Rome.
\n I find his attended this university in light of recent
\nprotests rather ironic considering his stated reason for his
\nconversion.  His parents were both Muslims, but it seems a
\nstretch as so many headlines stated that a “prominent Muslim” came into
\nthe Church.<\/p>\n

There has also been a lot of commentary for the very public nature of his entering the Church. Some believe that the Pope is sending a message by doing so. Though it seems to me that the Holy Father is not the type to use a baptism in this manner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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