LONDON (AFP) - Former British prime minister Tony Blair has converted to Roman Catholicism, his spokesman told AFP Saturday.
Matthew Doyle confirmed British media reports that the 54-year-old politician converted during a ceremony in central London on Friday night but had no further details.
Blair's conversion from Anglicanism to the faith of his wife, Cherie, and four children, had been widely expected. A report in The Tablet Catholic newspaper on November 9 said the ceremony would take place "within weeks".
There had been frequent speculation during his 10 years as prime minister, which ended on June 27 this year, that he would convert after stepping down.