After reading a post at WDTPRS the thought of George Bush becoming Catholic intrigued me. I mean think about it, George’s buddy Tony Blair converted after leaving office last year, George’s brother Jeb has converted with the help of his wife, George appointed two Catholic Supreme Court Justices, and there are a number of people close to President Bush who are devout Catholic’s. Most intriguing to me is the President’s recent answer to Raymond Arroyo’s question about what he saw when he looked into Pope Benedict’s eyes, Bush, a Methodist, answered without hesitation “God”. I can’t say I would get that same answer from my Methodist Grandmother-In-Law.
Bush’s moral stances on abortion and embryonic stem-cell research are certainly inline with Catholic teaching and he has had the great privilege of meeting both Pope John Paul & Pope Benedict. Whether you like President Bush or not I think he certainly did Catholic’s proud, and the country for that matter, with the way he greeted and hosted Pope Benedict earlier this month. The President had nothing to gain politically by greeting the Pope at Andrews Air Force Base, something no other President had ever done for another Head of State. Since there are no more Catholic votes to be won by the President one can only speculate on what Bush’s reasons were for pulling out all the stops for the Pope’s visit.
The last thing that excites me about the thought of President Bush converting to Catholicism is the amount of religious dialog that it would create among all Americans and even around the world. Just think about how many workplace conversations between Catholics & Non-Catholics would take place on the subject of faith and religion. The office water cooler would be a buzz with theological talk by your average Joe in the pew and even by your average Joe in the recliner. Protestants would hopefully be hitting the internet and the bookstore to research what the Catholic Church really teaches. Yes a Bush conversion would cause quite the conversation.
Let us say a quick prayer for the conversion of all to the Catholic Church.
Almighty and eternal God, whose desire it is that all men might be saved and come to the knowledge of truth, grant in your mercy that all mankind enter into union with you and your Catholic Church through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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