{"id":959,"date":"2009-03-08T06:17:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-08T06:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/03\/the-newt-evangelization-part-deux.html"},"modified":"2009-03-08T06:17:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-08T06:17:00","slug":"the-newt-evangelization-part-deux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/03\/the-newt-evangelization-part-deux.html","title":{"rendered":"The Newt Evangelization, Part Deux"},"content":{"rendered":"

As noted last week, conservative firebrand and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will be joining the Church<\/a> soon, and now the American Papist<\/a> has more details: <\/p>\n

Mr. Gingrich has regularly been seen attending Mass with his wife at the National Shrine here in Washington DC (including once by yours truly). He’ll be entering the Church on Sunday, March 29th in DC.<\/p>\n

Another interesting tidbit: Newt and his wife Callista are in the process of completing a documentary about Pope John Paul II\u2019s pilgrimage to Poland in 1979 entitled “Nine Days That Changed The World”: <\/p>\n

Nine Days is meant to inspire and educate those who view it to understand the nature of freedom, to live in the truth, and to recognize that there is evil in the world that, with God\u2019s help, must and can be defeated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The curious can visit the movie’s website<\/a> for more details. <\/p>\n

I’m a little curious about something else: if that date is accurate, why isn’t Gingrich joining the Church at the Easter Vigil?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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