What are you reading now?

[BettyO]

It sure doesn't sound like Lincoln!

Burke McCarty's Suppressed Truth About the Lincoln Assassination went into detail I remember, stating that Powell had converted to Catholicism. As the son of a Baptist preacher and therefore strongly indoctrinated within the Baptist church since early childhood - no way did he do that. He did go to Episcopal services with the Branson family (they were Protestant or Methodist Episcopal) but he did not convert. He was friends with ardent Confederate sympathizer, Reverend Stryker, and he did speak with both Father Wiget and Father Walter regarding Mrs. Surratt on the day of the execution and possibly previously. That's all that can be said there.

McCarty's book does bring up some interesting things - but the Catholic Church's involvement in the Lincoln Assassination is a totally wrong and irrelevant assumption. As for JWB having a Catholic metal on him when he died -- don't know much about this other than that it could have been something given to him as a cherished gift. His father, Junius, respected all religion denominations for one thing.

I'm not familiar with Chiniquy's book.