Here Comes Newt!

This from the wires today:

Veteran Republican politician and former House Speaker, Newt Gingrich, will convert to Catholicism this Sunday, his spokesman has said.

In 2006 Gingrich wrote a book called “Rediscovering God in America” — part of a new canon of work he has done reaffirming the role of religion in public life. The following year, he went on radio with the evangelical minister James Dobson to apologize for having been unfaithful to his second wife. A Baptist since graduate school, Gingrich said he will soon convert to Catholicism, his wife’s faith.

AOL News reports that when Gingrich tweeted his disapproval yesterday of Notre Dame's choice of President Obama as commencement speaker, he was, at least, speaking from experience. "It is sad to see notre dame invite president obama to give the commencement address Since his policies are so anti catholic values," Gingrich says on his Twitter page.

AOL says that a similar kerfuffle erupted in 2005 when Gingrich spoke at Catholic University. Students then said Gingrich's support for the death penalty and his well-publicized marital infidelities violated the school's prohibition against speakers with positions contrary to Vatican teachings.

But all seems to have been forgiven between Newt and the Catholics. He'll officially covert to Catholicism on Easter Sunday, according to his spokesman. Asked about Gingrich's support for the death penalty and other issues, Washington Archdiocese spokeswoman, Susan Gibbs, told AOL she could not comment about the specifics of any one person's conversion, but Gingrich is "in proper standing with the Catholic Church." "Any obstacles to joining the church have been resolved," she said.