TONY Blair, the former prime minister, is set to become a Roman Catholic within weeks, it emerged yesterday.
Mr Blair, currently an Anglican, is expected to be received into the church in a mass at the private chapel of Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the Archbishop of Westminster.
His wife, Cherie, and four children are Catholics and the family have worshipped together for years.
In one of his final acts as premier, Mr Blair met Pope Benedict and was believed to have told him of his determination to leave the Church of England....