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Thu Aug 28, 2014, 12:45 PM Aug 2014

Joined by church leaders, Sensenbrenner becomes Catholic

Aug. 27, 2014
By Annysa Johnson of the Journal Sentinel

Wisconsin Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R-Menomonee Falls) converted to Catholicism in a quiet ceremony at Milwaukee's St. Francis de Sales Seminary on Monday — a private affair reportedly attended by at least two Wisconsin bishops and Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York.

Sensenbrenner's office confirmed the conversion in an e-mail. But it turned down an interview request, saying the congressman "sees this as a private matter."

The ceremony was first noted by Mark Silk, professor and director of the Greenberg Center for the study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College in Connecticutt, on his blog, Spiritual Politics. In addition to Dolan, Silk said, Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki and Madison Bishop Robert Morlino were on hand.

A spokesman for Morlino confirmed Wednesday that he attended the ceremony. Listecki's chief of staff, Jerry Topczewski, said, "We don't comment on his private calendar." A representative for Dolan could not be reached.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/religion/listecki-dolan-morlino-attend-sensenbrenners-conversion-b99339388z1-272903321.html

Ugh.

I mean, Pax tibi, frater.

I hope he remembers he promised to renounce Satan and all his works.

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