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Public spotlight on a personal conversion; Papal trip prep; 1978 and Catholic life
Posted on Mar 28, 2008 09:29am CST.| All Things Catholic by John L. Allen, Jr. | |
| Friday, March 28, 2008 - Vol. 7, No. 29 | |
Rarely does an Easter Vigil Mass become a news event, but this year's edition in St. Peter's Basilica certainly got the world's attention. The reason: One of seven new Catholics personally baptized by Pope Benedict XVI happens to be an Egyptian-born Italian journalist and convert from Islam, widely regarded as the successor to Oriana Fallaci in terms of visceral protest against Muslim extremism.
