So, here's fellow Marine veteran Tim Staples, formerly a Southern Baptist.

As he assures us:

More than 1,000 Protestant pastors have converted since 1995...

They are coming over so fast we don't know what to do with them all..."

Then:

"[H]e laughed, adding that 6 to 8 million Muslims have converted in recent years, especially in Indonesia..."

As for Pope Benedict XVI??!!

"He has eclipsed Pope John Paul II in terms of theology...

"Think about what the Holy Father has done;

"He has exceeded all expectations.


"He is also the patriarch of the Orthodox Church..."



Adapted from the newspaper Today's Catholic. Friday, March 26, 2010. Page 7.

The unsigned article is deals with Catholic radio broadcasting stations and is titled : Helping thousands of people find their way home to the Catholic Church over the airways.

It reports to us on the Fourth Annual Pescadores de Hombres luncheon, "held March 4 at the Holy Trinity Church Banquet Hall," in San Antonio, Texas.


"Keynote speaker for the event was Tim Staples, director of apologetics for Catholic Answers in San Diego.

"He is a convert to the Catholic Church who has given hundreds of talks across the United States.

"Staples was raised a Southern Baptist who fell away from the faith in his childhood.

"He came back to faith in Christ during his teen years through the witness of Christian televangelists ...

"Staples told listeners that they are seeing the fruits of the Catholic - Pentecostal dialogue which began in 1972."

In Staples own words:

"More than 1,000 Protestant pastors have been converted since 1995.

"Those are unprecedented levels.

"They are coming over so fast we don't know what to do with them all."

Then, the unnamed archdiocesan mystery author continues:

"[Staples] laughed, adding that between 6 to 8 million Muslims have converted in recent years, especially in Indonesia...

"Staples converted to Catholicism in 1988 and spent the following six years in formation for the priesthood, earning a degree in philosophy from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Pennsylvania.

"He then studied theology on a graduate level at Mount St. Mary's College in Maryland for two years.

"Realizing that his calling was not to the priesthood, Staples left the seminary in 1994 and has been working in Catholic apologetics and evangelization ever since.

"Staples began his presentation by praising Pope Benedict XVI, describing the pontiff as the incarnation of the documents of Vatican II.

"[H]e said, [Pope Benedict] has eclipsed Pope John Paul II in terms of theology. Pope Benedict has had an amazing five plus years. Think about what the Holy Father has done; he has exceeded all expectations..."

"After the papal election, Staples recalled that Benedict removed one of the titles of the Pope: Patriarch of the West.

"[Staples] asked Why? -- followed by the answer: Because he is also the patriarch of the Orthodox Church..."